Freshening of the upper ocean in the Arctic: Is perennial sea ice disappearing?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1729-1732

  McPhee, Miles G ^a   Stanton, Timothy P ^b   Morison, James H ^c   Martinson, Douglas G ^d  

^a McPhee Research Company   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA ICE; WATER; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALBEDO FEEDBACKS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FRESH WATER; FRESHWATER INPUTS; ICE CONCENTRATION; MULTI-YEAR ICES; PREVIOUS YEAR; SURFACE HEAT BUDGET;

ICE; SEA ICE;

SURFACE HEAT BUDGET;

SEA ICE; UPPER OCEAN;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032523623     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00933     Document Type: Article

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