The impact of poleward moisture and sensible heat flux on arctic winter sea ice variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 5030-5040

  Park, Hyo Seok ^a   Lee, Sukyoung ^b,c   Son, Seok Woo ^b   Feldstein, Steven B ^c   Kosaka, Yu ^d  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; INFRARED RADIATION; MOISTURE; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA ICE;

ENHANCED CONVECTION; MODEL SIMULATION; PLANETARY WAVE DYNAMICS; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SEA-ICE THICKNESS; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TROPICAL CONVECTION; WESTERN PACIFIC;

ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; PLANETARY WAVE; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; WARMING; WINTER;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; GREENLAND; INDIAN OCEAN; KARA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84942068519     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0074.1     Document Type: Article

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