The robustness of midlatitude weather pattern changes due to arctic sea ice loss

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 7831-7849

  Chen, Hans W ^a   Zhang, Fuqing ^a   Alley, Richard B ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Earth and Environmental Systems Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Atmospheric circulation; Climate models; Climate variability; Ensembles; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; RISK PERCEPTION;

ARCTIC; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; ENSEMBLES; INTRINSIC VARIABILITIES;

SEA ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA ICE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84995480650     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0167.1     Document Type: Article

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