The contribution of cloud and radiation anomalies to the 2007 Arctic sea ice extent minimum

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Kay, Jennifer E ^a,b   L'Ecuyer, Tristan ^b   Gettelman, Andrew ^a   Stephens, Graeme ^b   O'Dell, Chris ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Department of Systems Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL RADAR; SEA ICE; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SEA-ICE; CLOUD COVERS; DOWN WELLING RADIATION; DOWN-WELLING; LIDAR DATA; LONG WAVES; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SPACE-BORNE RADARS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTICYCLONE; CLOUD COVER; DOWNWELLING; ICE MOVEMENT; ICE THICKNESS; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA ICE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 48249096388     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033451     Document Type: Article

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