Accelerated Arctic land warming and permafrost degradation during rapid sea ice loss

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Lawrence, David M ^a   Slater, Andrew G ^b   Tomas, Robert A ^a   Holland, Marika M ^a   Deser, Clara ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; ICE; MODEL STRUCTURES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SULFATE MINERALS; VEGETATION;

21ST CENTURY; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARCTIC SEA-ICE; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; COMMUNITY LAND MODEL; COUPLED CLIMATE MODELS; HEAT ACCUMULATION; ICE LOSS; PERMAFROST DEGRADATION; RAPID DEGRADATION; WARMING TRENDS;

PERMAFROST;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DEGRADATION; GLOBAL WARMING; PERMAFROST; SEA ICE; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 47749120453     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033985     Document Type: Article

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