The large-scale climate in response to the retreat of the West Antarctic ice sheet

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 637-650

  Justino, F ^a   Silva, A S ^a   Pereira, M P ^a   Stordal, F ^b   Lindemann, D ^a   Kucharski, F ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; ICE SHEET; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OROGRAPHY; WESTERLY;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84921695228     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00284.1     Document Type: Article

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