Age characteristics in a multidecadal Arctic sea ice simulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Hunke, Elizabeth C ^a   Bitz, Cecilia M ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC ICE; ARCTIC SEA ICE; CLIMATE STUDIES; FIRST-YEAR; ICE AGE; ICE TYPE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SATELLITE-DERIVED OBSERVATIONS; SEA ICE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; MELTING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRACER;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 73949143709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005186     Document Type: Article

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