A pathway connecting the monsoonal heating to the rapid Arctic ice melt

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-34

  Krishnamurti, T N ^a   Krishnamurti, Ruby ^a   Das, Sweta ^a   Kumar, Vinay ^a   Jayakumar, A ^a   Simon, Anu ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood events

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ENTHALPY; FLOODS; HEAT FLUX;

ANTI-CYCLONIC GYRE; ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; CANADIAN ARCTIC; FLOOD EVENT; HIGH PRESSURE AREA; LARGE HEAT FLUX; PLANETARY SCALE; VERTICAL COLUMNS;

ICE;

HEAT FLUX; HEATING; ICE; MELTING; MONSOON; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CENTRAL ASIA;

EID: 84920591181     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-14-0004.1     Document Type: Article

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