Arctic sea ice and the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO)

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 2185-2196

  Henderson, Gina R ^a   Barrett, Bradford S ^a   M Lafleur, Donald ^a  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic sea ice; Intraseasonal variability; Madden Julian Oscillation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891379947     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-2043-y     Document Type: Article

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