Decrease of sea ice thickness at Hopen, Barents Sea, during 1966-2007

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Gerland, S ^a   Renner, A H H ^a,b   Godtliebsen, F ^c   Divine, D ^a   Loyning T B ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WIND;

ICE THICKNESS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

SEA ICE;

ICE THICKNESS; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; HOPEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 44349186097     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032716     Document Type: Article

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