North Pole ice thickness and association with ice motion history 1977-1992

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 2975-2978

  Shy, Timothy L ^a   Walsh, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE CONTROL; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SONAR; WIND EFFECTS; POLES; SUBMARINES; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ICE MOTION; ICE THICKNESS; NORTH POLE;

ICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORCING MECHANISMS; ICE DRAFT; ICE DRIFT; ICE THICKNESS; TIME SCALES;

ARCTIC OCEAN, NORTH POLE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; DRIFTING BUOYS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS; GEOSTROPHIC WINDS; ICE CONVERGENCES; ICE THICKNESS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE;

EID: 0030265372     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02823     Document Type: Article

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