Snowball Earth: Ice thickness on the tropical ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Warren, Stephen G ^a   Brandt, Richard E ^a   Grenfell, Thomas C ^a   McKay, Christopher P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Ice shelf; Marine ice; Sea ice; Snowball Earth; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ICE THICKNESS; PROTEROZOIC; SEA ICE; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037110274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc001123     Document Type: Article

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