Climate memory and long-range forecasting of sea ice conditions in hudson strait

Polar Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-26

  Gough, William A ^a   Houser, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; FORECASTING METHOD; ICE RETREAT; SEA ICE;

CANADA; HUDSON STRAIT; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24344438941     PISSN: 1088937X     EISSN: 19390513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/789610163     Document Type: Article

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