Atmospheric response in summer linked to recent Arctic sea ice loss

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 691, 2015, Pages 2070-2076

  Petrie, R E ^a   Shaffrey, L C ^a   Sutton, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic sea ice loss; Labrador sea ice; Summertime atmospheric circulation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; MECHANICAL WAVES; SEA ICE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANTICYCLONIC ANOMALIES; ARCTIC SEA ICE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; CIRCULATION ANOMALIES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LABRADOR SEA; ROSSBY WAVE PROPAGATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 84941166181     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2502     Document Type: Article

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