Pacific Ocean inflow: Influence on catastrophic reduction of sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Shimada, Koji ^a   Kamoshida, Takashi ^a   Itoh, Motoyo ^a   Nishino, Shigeto ^a   Carmack, Eddy ^b   McLaughlin, Fiona ^b   Zimmermann, Sarah ^b   Proshutinsky, Andrey ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA ICE; TEMPERATURE; WIND EFFECTS;

PACIFIC SUMMER WATER (PSW); SEA ICE COVER; SEA-ICE REDUCTION; UPPER OCEAN TEMPERATURE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BASIN; ICE COVER; INFLOW; SEA ICE; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND FORCING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33745471193     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025624     Document Type: Article

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