Atmospheric impacts of sea ice decline in CO2 induced global warming

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 1173-1186

  Cvijanovic, Ivana ^a,b   Caldeira, Ken ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Extreme weather; Global warming; Sea ice decline

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925541639     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2489-1     Document Type: Article

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