Variability and trends in anticyclonic circulation over the Greenland ice sheet, 1948-2013

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2842-2850

  Rajewicz, Jill ^a   Marshall, Shawn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticyclonic circulation; Atmospheric Circulation; Greenland Ice Sheet; Melt; Ridging; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MELTING; VORTICITY;

ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DIRECT MEASURES; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT ANOMALIES; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT VARIATIONS; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; RIDGING;

GLACIERS;

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANOMALY; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLEAR SKY; GEOPOTENTIAL; ICE SHEET; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TREND ANALYSIS; VORTICITY; WARMING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84899040462     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059255     Document Type: Article

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