The role of ocean-atmosphere coupling in the zonal-mean atmospheric response to Arctic sea ice loss

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2168-2186

  Deser, Clara ^a   Tomas, Robert A ^a   Sun, Lantao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Oscillation; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Atmospheric circulation; Climate models; Trends

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; EQUATORIAL SYMMETRIES; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MERIDIONAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TRENDS;

ICE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; SEA ICE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84961289258     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00325.1     Document Type: Article

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