Sensitivity of arctic summer sea ice coverage to global warming forcing: Towards reducing uncertainty in arctic climate change projections

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 220-227

  Zhang, Xiangdong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MASS BALANCE; SEA ICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 77955242703     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2010.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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