Arctic sea ice and freshwater changes driven by the atmospheric leading mode in a coupled sea ice-ocean model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2159-2177

  Zhang, Xiangdong ^a   Ikeda, Moto ^a,b   Walsh, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OSCILLATIONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

FRESHWATER CHANGES;

SEA ICE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE FORCING; DECADAL VARIATION; FRESHWATER; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0041566936     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2758.1     Document Type: Article

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