Past and future forcing of Beaufort Sea coastal change

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-122

  Manson, Gavin K ^a   Solomon, Steven M ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE; STORM SURGE; WATER LEVEL; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 34547115449     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/ao.450204     Document Type: Article

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