A case study of the anomalous Arctic sea ice conditions during 1990: Insights from coupled and uncoupled regional climate model simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Rinke, A ^a   Gerdes, R ^a   Dethloff, K ^a   Kandlbinder, T ^a   Karcher, M ^a   Kauker, F ^a   Frickenhaus, S ^a   Koberle C ^a   Hiller, W ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic; Atmosphere sea ice ocean interaction; Regional climate modeling; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLIMATE MODELING; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0141683019     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003146     Document Type: Article

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