Depletion of perennial sea ice in the East Arctic Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Nghiem, S V ^a   Chao, Y ^a   Neumann, G ^a   Li, P ^a   Perovich, D K ^b   Street, T ^c   Clemente Colon P ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^c National Ice Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

PERENNIAL SEA ICE; SATELLITE SCATTEROMETER DATA; SEA ICE MONITORING;

SEA ICE;

SATELLITE; SCATTEROMETER; SEA ICE; SNOWMELT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845619446     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027198     Document Type: Article

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