Tropical pacific influence on the source and transport of marine aerosols to West antarctica

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1343-1363

  Criscitiello, Alison S ^a,b   Das, Sarah B ^b   Karnauskas, Kristopher B ^b   Evans, Matthew J ^c   Frey, Karen E ^d   Joughin, Ian ^e   Steig, Eric J ^e   Mcconnell, Joseph R ^f   Medley, Brooke ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION CHANGES; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; ROSSBY WAVE RESPONSE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MECHANICAL WAVES; METEOROLOGY; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WARMING; WIND VELOCITY;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PINE ISLAND BAY; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84893158842     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00148.1     Document Type: Article

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