Arctic sea ice reemergence: The role of large-scale oceanic and atmospheric variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 5477-5509

  Bushuk, Mitchell ^a   Giannakis, Dimitrios ^a   Majda, Andrew J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Oscillation; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Interannual variability; Sea ice; Spectral analysis models distribution; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS/MODELS/DISTRIBUTION; TELECONNECTIONS;

ICE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALGORITHM; ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; DATA SET; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84938203299     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00354.1     Document Type: Article

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