Loss of sea ice in the arctic

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 417-441

  Perovich, Donald K ^a   Richter Menge, Jacqueline A ^a  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic sea ice; Climate change; Ice albedo feedback

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC SEA ICE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CLOUD COVERAGE; DYNAMIC PROCESS; ICE COVER; NATURAL FLUCTUATIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN HEAT; SEA-ICE THICKNESS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; SOLAR RADIATION;

SEA ICE;

SEA WATER;

ARCTIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE COVER; REVIEW; SEA; SEASON; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE COVER; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350184680     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163805     Document Type: Review

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