A negative phase shift of the winter AO/NAO due to the recent Arctic sea-ice reduction in late autumn

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3209-3227

  Nakamura, Tetsu ^a,b   Yamazaki, Koji ^a,b   Iwamoto, Katsushi ^a,c   Honda, Meiji ^c   Miyoshi, Yasunobu ^d   Ogawa, Yasunobu ^a   Ukita, Jinro ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; AUTUMN; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PHASE TRANSITION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

EID: 84929706915     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022848     Document Type: Article

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