A record minimum arctic sea ice extent and area in 2002

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Serreze, M C ^a   Maslanik, J A ^b   Scambos, T A ^a   Fetterer, F ^a   Stroeve, J ^a   Knowles, K ^a   Fowler, C ^b   Drobot, S ^b   Barry, R G ^a   Haran, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MELTING; WIND EFFECTS;

ICE DIVERGENCE;

SEA ICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE COVER; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037660720     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016406     Document Type: Article

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