Circumpolar thinning of Arctic sea ice following the 2007 record ice extent minimum

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Giles, Katharine A ^a   Laxon, Seymour W ^a   Ridout, Andy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEANS; ARCTIC SEA ICES; ICE THICKNESS; SATELLITE RADAR ALTIMETRIES; SEA ICE EXTENTS; WINTER SEA ICES;

ICE;

GLACIOLOGY; ICE THICKNESS; MELTING; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 60149086996     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035710     Document Type: Article

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