Antarctic sea ice response to weather and climate modes of variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 721-741

  Kohyama, Tsubasa ^a   Hartmann, Dennis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Annular mode; Antarctic Oscillation; Circulation Dynamics; ENSO; Planetary waves; Rossby waves; Stationary waves

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MECHANICAL WAVES; METEOROLOGY; SEA ICE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ANNULAR MODE; ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; ENSO; PLANETARY WAVES; ROSSBY WAVE; STATIONARY WAVES;

ICE;

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PLANETARY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA ICE; STANDING WAVE;

ANTARCTICA; INDIAN OCEAN; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84957799861     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0301.1     Document Type: Article

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