Role of sea surface temperature, Arctic sea ice and Siberian snow in forcing the atmospheric circulation in winter of 2012–2013

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 1181-1206

  Peings, Yannick ^a   Magnusdottir, Gudrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2012 2013 winter; Arctic sea ice; Climate variability; North Atlantic Oscillation; Ocean atmosphere interactions; Siberian snow

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SNOW; WINTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; SIBERIA;

EID: 84940723789     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2368-1     Document Type: Article

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