Reduced risk of North American cold extremes due to continued arctic sea ice loss

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1489-1503

  Screen, James A ^a   Deser, Clara ^b   Sun, Lantao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY;

ARCTIC SEA ICE; NORTH AMERICAN;

SEA ICE;

EID: 84938690118     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: 15200477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00185.1     Document Type: Article

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