High interannual variability of sea ice thickness in the Arctic region

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6961, 2003, Pages 947-950

  Laxon, Seymour ^a   Peacock, Heil ^a   Smith, Doug ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SATELLITES; WIND;

ICE-ALBEDO FEEDBACK;

SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MELTING POINT; MODEL; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ICE; SIMULATION; STRESS; SUMMER; THICKNESS; WIND;

EID: 0242653589     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02050     Document Type: Article

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