Thin and thinner: Sea ice mass balance measurements during SHEBA

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Perovich, Donald K ^a   Grenfell, Thomas C ^b   Richter Menge, Jacqueline A ^a   Light, Bonnie ^b   Tucker III , Walter B ^a   Eicken, Hajo ^c  

^a Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Mass balance; Melt ponds; Sea ice; Sea ice melting

Indexed keywords

ICE THICKNESS; MASS BALANCE; MELTING; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0142091324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc001079     Document Type: Article

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