Winter snow cover on the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean at the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA): Temporal evolution and spatial variability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Sturm, Matthew ^a   Holmgren, Jon ^a   Perovich, Don K ^a  

^a Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Sea ice; SHEBA; Snow

Indexed keywords

HEAT BUDGET; SEA ICE; SNOW COVER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037110330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000400     Document Type: Article

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