Influence of the Gulf Stream on the Barents Sea ice retreat and Eurasian coldness during early winter

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Sato, Kazutoshi ^a,b   Inoue, Jun ^a,b,c   Watanabe, Masahiro ^d  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arctic; Arctic warming; Barents Sea; Eurasian coldness; Gulf Stream; sea ice retreat

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATERS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC WARMING; BARENTS SEA; EURASIAN COLDNESS; GULF STREAM; SEA ICE RETREATS;

ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC MODE; DATA SET; ICE RETREAT; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; PLANETARY WAVE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; GULF STREAM;

EID: 84919611671     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/8/084009     Document Type: Article

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