On the record reduction in 1998 Western Arctic sea-ice cover

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1905-1908

  Maslanik, James A ^a   Serreze, Mark C ^a   Agnew, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA ICE; ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ICE CONTROL; ICE PROBLEMS; WIND;

ARCTIC BASIN; ARCTIC ICE; ARCTIC SEA ICE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CHUKCHI SEA; ICE-COVERED; OPEN WATER; RECORD REDUCTION;

ICE; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC BASIN; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; BEAUFORT GYRE;

ICE BREAKUP; ICE COVER; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032728728     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900426     Document Type: Article

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