Future Arctic sea ice loss reduces severity of cold air outbreaks in midlatitudes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2801-2809

  Ayarzagüena, Blanca ^a   Screen, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic sea ice loss; climate change; midlatitude cold air outbreaks

Indexed keywords

ICE; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC SEA ICE; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CHANGING TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONDITION; COLD AIR OUTBREAK; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MIDLATITUDES; WEATHER VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD AIR; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84977930011     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068092     Document Type: Article

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