Duration of the Arctic sea ice melt season: Regional and interannual variability, 1979-2001

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-80

  Belchansky, G I ^a   Douglas, D C ^b   Platonov, N G ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; CORRELATION METHODS; MELTING; SEA ICE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ARCTIC OSCILLATIONS (AO); PERENNIAL ICE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL CYCLE; MELT; SEA ICE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 1442338290     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0067:DOTASI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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