Nonlinear threshold behavior during the loss of Arctic sea ice

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-32

  Eisenman, I ^a,d,e   Wettlaufer, J S ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c NORDITA   (Denmark)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic climate; Bifurcation; Climate change; Tipping point

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FRACTIONATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; WATER LOSS;

ARCTIC REGIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE COVER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 58549106968     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806887106     Document Type: Article

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