Trend and interannual variability in southeast Greenland Sea Ice: Impacts on coastal Greenland climate variability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 8619-8626

  Moore, G W K ^a   Straneo, F ^b   Oltmanns, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenland; Icelandic Low; interannual variability; Lofoten Low; sea ice

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; GREENLAND; ICELANDICS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOFOTEN LOW; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SOUTHEAST GREENLAND; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

SEA ICE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; FJORD; ICE COVER; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; KANGERLUSSUAQ FJORD;

EID: 84921601352     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062107     Document Type: Article

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