Sea-ice-thickness variability in the Chukchi Sea, spring and summer 2002-2004

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1182-1200

  Shirasawa, Kunio ^a   Eicken, Hajo ^b   Tateyama, Kazutaka ^c   Takatsuka, Toru ^a   Kawamura, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chukchi Sea; Electromagnetic induction instrument; Ice rafting; Ocean heat flux; Sea ice thickness; Snow depth

Indexed keywords

CHUKCHI SEA; ICE RAFTING; OCEAN-HEAT FLUX; SEA-ICE THICKNESS; SNOW DEPTH;

DAMPING; DEFORMATION; DRILLS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; HEAT FLUX; INDUCTANCE MEASUREMENT; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; HEAT FLUX; ICE DRIFT; ICE THICKNESS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA;

EID: 67649413233     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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