Seasonal evolution of the albedo of multiyear Actic sea ice

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Perovich, D K ^a   Grenfell, T C ^b   Light, B ^b   Hobbs, P V ^b  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Ice albedo feedback; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037110356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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