Warm waves in north-western Spitsbergen

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 497-511

  Tomczyk, Arkadiusz Marek ^a   Bednorz, Ewa ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Arctic; Atmospheric circulation; Svalbard; Warming

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84916631075     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: 20818262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/popore-2014-0023     Document Type: Article

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