Meteorological conditions in the Arctic Ocean in spring and summer 2007 as recorded on the drifting ice station Tara

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  Vihma, Timo ^a   Jaagus, Jaak ^b   Jakobson, Erko ^b   Palo, Timo ^b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ICE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR TEMPERATURES; ARCTIC OCEANS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSIVITY; CLOUD FRACTIONS; DATA SETS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS; OPTICAL THICKNESSES; SEA ICE EXTENTS; SHORTWAVE RADIATIONS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

SEA ICE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA SET; ICE DRIFT; MELTING; METEOROLOGY; SEA ICE; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 57849096726     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034681     Document Type: Article

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