Increased variability in the early winter subarctic North American atmospheric circulation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 7297-7305

  Overland, James E ^a   Wang, Muyin ^b  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Arctic Oscillation; Atmospheric circulation; Stationary waves; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; STATIONARY WAVES; TELECONNECTIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STANDING WAVE; SUBARCTIC REGION; TELECONNECTION; WINTER;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959513033     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0395.1     Document Type: Article

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