New reconstruction of antarctic near-surface temperatures: Multidecadal trends and reliability of global reanalyses

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 8070-8093

  Nicolas, Julien P ^a   Bromwich, David H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic Oscillation; Antarctica; Climate variability; Reanalysis data; Surface observations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; INTERPOLATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; ANTARCTICA; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; REANALYSIS; SURFACE OBSERVATION;

SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; RECONSTRUCTION; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84916234310     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00733.1     Document Type: Article

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