Variability in Arctic sea ice drift

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2004, Pages

  Pfirman, Stephanie ^a,b   Haxby, William F ^b   Colony, Roger ^c   Rigor, Ignatius ^d  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ARCTIC SEA; EAST SIBERIAN SEA; ICE DRIFT RESPONSE; KARA SEA;

SEA ICE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ICE FLOW; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; SEA ICE;

EID: 7044235777     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020063     Document Type: Article

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