Observed anomalous atmospheric patterns in summers of unusual Arctic sea icemelt

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2595-2611

  Knudsen, Erlend M ^a,b   Orsolini, Yvan J ^b,c   Furevik, Tore ^a,b   Hodges, Kevin I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; JET STREAM; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EUROPE; FAR EAST; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 84928642075     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022608     Document Type: Article

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