South Pacific circulation changes and their connection to the tropics and regional Antarctic warming in austral spring, 1979-2012

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2773-2792

  Clem, Kyle R ^a   Fogt, Ryan L ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; WARMING;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84928595033     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022940     Document Type: Article

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