Alaska landfast sea ice: Links with bathymetry and atmospheric circulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Mahoney, Andy ^a,b   Eicken, Hajo ^a   Gaylord, Allison Graves ^c   Shapiro, Lewis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Nuna Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ZONES; RADAR IMAGING; SEA ICE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THAWING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BATHYMETRY; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL EROSION; SEA ICE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34250768326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003559     Document Type: Article

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