Arctic ocean ice thickness: Modes of variability and the best locations from which to monitor them

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 496-506

  Lindsay, R W ^a   Zhang, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOORING; SEA ICE; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; ICE THICKNESS; ICE-OCEAN MODEL; SURFACE AIR PRESSURE; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE FORCING; CORRELATION; ICE THICKNESS; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; SIMULATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 33646431678     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2861.1     Document Type: Article

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