Arctic Ocean sea ice volume: What explains its recent depletion?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Rothrock, D A ^a   Zhang, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CIRCULATION MODELING; ICE THICKNESS; SEA ICE; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EAST SIBERIAN SEA;

EID: 21844446952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002282     Document Type: Article

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