Arctic warming in ERA-Interim and other analyses

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 689, 2015, Pages 1147-1162

  Simmons, Adrian J ^a   Poli, Paul ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic; Atmospheric observation; Reanalysis; Temperature trends

Indexed keywords

ICE; SEA ICE; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC; ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; REANALYSIS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; TROPOSPHERIC WARMING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 85027924597     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2422     Document Type: Article

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