Unprecedented recent summer warmth in Arctic Canada

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 5745-5751

  Miller, Gifford H ^a   Lehman, Scott J ^a   Refsnider, Kurt A ^a,b   Southon, John R ^c   Zhong, Yafang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b PRESCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Arctic amplification; recent warming

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; MODEL SIMULATION; NATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITIES; RADIOCARBON DATES; RECENT WARMING; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; SUMMERTIME COOLING;

AMPLIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; SEA ICE; SNOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA ICE; SNOW COVER; SNOWLINE; SUMMER;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84887100275     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL057188     Document Type: Article

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