Sea ice in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Modeling the past (1950-2004) and the future (2041-60)

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2181-2198

  Sou, Tessa ^a   Flato, Gregory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; ARCTIC SEA ICE; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; COMMERCIAL SHIPPING; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; ICE CONCENTRATION; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; MODEL RESULTS; REGIONAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

ICE RETREAT; ICE THICKNESS; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; MODELING; SEA ICE;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 66849091853     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2335.1     Document Type: Article

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