On the possibilities to use atmospheric reanalyses to evaluate the warming structure in the Arctic

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 11209-11219

  Chung, C E ^a   Cha, H ^a   Vihma, T ^b   Raisanen P ^b   Decremer, D ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COOLING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLAR METEOROLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WARMING;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84888124887     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-11209-2013     Document Type: Article

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