Observed atmospheric response to cold season sea ice variability in the arctic

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1243-1254

  Frankignoul, Claude ^a   Sennéchael, Nathalie ^a   Cauchy, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC SEA ICE; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; MAXIMUM COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SHORTER DELAYS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BARENTS SEA; GREENLAND SEA; LABRADOR SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 84893180978     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00189.1     Document Type: Article

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