Drivers of declining sea ice in the Arctic winter: A tale of two seas

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Francis, Jennifer A ^a   Hunter, Elias ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GASES; SEA ICE; WIND;

ICE-EDGE LOCATION; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ICE COVER; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 35948937191     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030995     Document Type: Article

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