Variability in summer anticyclonic circulation over the canadian arctic archipelago and west greenland in the late 20th/early 21st centuries and its effect on glacier mass balance

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 540-557

  Bezeau, P ^a   Sharp, M ^a   Gascon, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticyclonic circulation; Arctic glaciers; Climate change; CMIP5; Geopotential height; Mass balance; Sea ice; Self organizing map

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; SEA ICE; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; CMIP5; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT ANOMALIES; MASS BALANCE; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 84925291848     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4000     Document Type: Article

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