The sea-ice compactness in the Greenland and Barents Seas during 1979-2003: Changes and links to the surface air flow

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2006, Pages 30-36

  Kern, Stefan ^a   Chen, Youmin ^b   Stammer, Detlef ^a   Spreen, Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; COMPACTION; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; SEA ICE; SURFACE WIND; WINTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 34249109693     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756406781811808     Document Type: Conference Paper

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