The Amundsen sea low: Variability, change, and impact on Antarctic climate

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 111-121

  Raphael, M N ^a   Marshall, G J ^b   Turner, J ^b   Fogt, R L ^c   Schneider, D ^d   Dixon, D A ^e   Hosking, J S ^b   Jones, J M ^f   Hobbs, W R ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE GASES; OZONE LAYER; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTIC CLIMATE; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; CLIMATOLOGICAL CIRCULATION; MERIDIONAL WINDS; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SOUTHERN LATITUDES; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84947610428     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00018.1     Document Type: Article

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