Thinning and volume loss of the Arctic Ocean sea ice cover: 2003-2008

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Kwok, R ^a   Cunningham, G F ^a   Wensnahan, M ^b   Rigor, I ^b   Zwally, H J ^c   Yi, D ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SEA ICE; BEAUFORT SEA; BEST ESTIMATES; FIRST-YEAR; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; ICE TYPE; ICE VOLUMES; LAND ELEVATION SATELLITES; NET LOSS; VOLUME LOSS; WINTER SEA ICES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SUBMARINE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLUME;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 70349659996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005312     Document Type: Article

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