The demise of Arctic sea ice during stabilisation at high greenhouse gas concentrations

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-341

  Ridley, Jeff ^a   Lowe, Jason ^a   Simonin, David ^b  

^a Office   (United Kingdom)

^b Vexcel Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 38349176344     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-007-0291-4     Document Type: Article

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