Predictability of the barents sea ice in early winter: Remote effects of oceanic and atmospheric thermal conditions from the North Atlantic

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 8884-8901

  Nakanowatari, Takuya ^a   Sato, Kazutoshi ^b,c   Inoue, Jun ^b,c,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

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

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; ATMOSPHERIC COOLING; CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS; FORECASTING ACCURACY; MERIDIONAL SURFACE WIND; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PREDICTION; SEA ICE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BARENTS SEA;

EID: 84919624670     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00125.1     Document Type: Article

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