Weakening of the stratospheric polar vortex by Arctic sea-ice loss

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kim, Baek Min ^a   Son, Seok Woo ^b   Min, Seung Ki ^c   Jeong, Jee Hoon ^d   Kim, Seong Joong ^a   Zhang, Xiangdong ^e   Shim, Taehyoun ^d   Yoon, Jin Ho ^f  

^a Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^d Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; SEA ICE; STRATOSPHERE;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEAT EXCHANGE; LATITUDE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SEA ICE; STRATOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERIC POLAR VORTEX; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING; WINTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84907325671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5646     Document Type: Article

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