The winter atmospheric response to sea ice anomalies in the barents sea

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 914-924

  Liptak, Jessica ^a   Strong, Courtenay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; BOUNDARY FORCING; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HEAT FLUX; SEA LEVEL;

SEA ICE;

ANOMALY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAT FLUX; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEAN WAVE; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; WIND STRESS; WINTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84892547843     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00186.1     Document Type: Article

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