Two distinct influences of Arctic warming on cold winters over North America and East Asia

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 759-762

  Kug, Jong Seong ^a   Jeong, Jee Hoon ^b   Jang, Yeon Soo ^a   Kim, Baek Min ^c   Folland, Chris K ^d,e   Min, Seung Ki ^a   Son, Seok Woo ^f  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; WARMING; WINTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; EAST SIBERIAN SEA; FAR EAST; KARA SEA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84942801952     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2517     Document Type: Article

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