Evidence for link between modelled trends in Antarctic sea ice and underestimated westerly wind changes

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Purich, Ariaan ^a,b   Cai, Wenju ^a   England, Matthew H ^b   Cowan, Tim ^a,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; HOT WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ALBEDO; GLOBAL WARMING; LATITUDE; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE WATER; UPWELLING; WESTERLY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; ICE SHEET; LATITUDE; SALINITY; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUMMER; WARMING; WIND;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84957578040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10409     Document Type: Article

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