Recent decreases in Arctic summer ice cover and linkages to atmospheric circulation anomalies

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1677-1680

  Maslanik, James A ^a,c   Serreze, Mark C ^b   Barry, Roger G ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA ICE; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS; SENSORS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION ANOMALY; ICE COVER; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; SHARP INCREASE;

ICE; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; SCANNING MULTICHANNEL MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; SUMMER ICE COVERAGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ICE COVER; OCEAN-ICE-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; OCEAN/ICE/ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; SEA ICE DATA (1978-1995);

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0030175526     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01426     Document Type: Article

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