A younger, thinner Arctic ice cover: Increased potential for rapid, extensive sea-ice loss

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Maslanik, James A ^a   Fowler, C ^a   Stroeve, J ^b   Drobot, S ^a   Zwally, J ^c   Yi, D ^c   Emery, W ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; SATELLITES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ICE COVER; ICE LOSS;

SEA ICE;

ALBEDO; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA ICE; SNOWPACK;

ARCTIC;

EID: 38849156726     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032043     Document Type: Article

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