Recent regional climate cooling on the Antarctic Peninsula and associated impacts on the cryosphere

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 580, Issue , 2017, Pages 210-223

  Oliva, M ^a   Navarro, F ^b   Hrbacek F ^c   Hernandez A ^d   Nyvlt D ^c   Pereira, P ^e   Ruiz Fernandez J ^f   Trigo, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Climate variability; Cooling; Cryosphere

Indexed keywords

COOLING; POLLUTION;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CRYOSPHERE; GLACIER RECESSION; INTER-DECADAL VARIABILITY; LONG TERM RECORDS; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; TEMPERATURE TRENDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; CRYOSPHERE; DECADAL VARIATION; GLACIER; PERMAFROST; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; COLD CLIMATE; COOLING; CRYOSPHERE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SPRING; SUMMER; WARMING; WINTER; AVERAGING; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER; PERMAFROST;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 85008147850     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.030     Document Type: Article

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