Variability of Fram Strait ice flux and North Atlantic Oscillation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C3, 1999, Pages 5177-5189

  Kwok, R ^a   Rothrock, D A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ICE MOVEMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STRAIT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FRAM STRAIT;

EID: 0033559515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900103     Document Type: Article

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