Importance of clouds to the decaying trend and decadal variability in the Arctic ice cover

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 179-189

  Ikeda, M ^a,b   Wang, J ^b   Makshtas, A ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; DECADAL VARIATION; ICE COVER; RADIATION BALANCE; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038353565     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.81.179     Document Type: Article

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