Impacts of the north and tropical Atlantic Ocean on the Antarctic Peninsula and sea ice

Nature

Volumn 505, Issue 7484, 2014, Pages 538-542

  Li, Xichen ^a   Holland, David M ^a   Gerber, Edwin P ^a   Yoo, Changhyun ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; ICE RETREAT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WARMING; WINTER;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WINTER;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRESSURE; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84892755587     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12945     Document Type: Article

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