Tracer studies of pathways and rates of meltwater transport through Arctic summer sea ice

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Eicken, H ^a   Krouse, H R ^b   Kadko, D ^c   Perovich, D K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Albedo; Heat budget; Meltwater flow; Permeability; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

HEAT BUDGET; MASS BALANCE; MELTWATER; SEA ICE; TRACER;

CHUKCHI SEA;

EID: 0037110321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000583     Document Type: Article

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