Mechanisms of summertime upper Arctic Ocean warming and the effect on sea ice melt

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Steele, Michael ^a   Zhang, Jinlun ^a   Ermold, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; MELTING; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC HEATING; DRIFTING BUOYS; FLUX CONVERGENCE; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; MELT RATE; OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT; OCEAN-SURFACE HEAT FLUX; PACIFIC SECTOR; UPPER OCEAN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COASTAL ZONE; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; MELTING; SEA ICE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; VOLUME;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78349301930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005849     Document Type: Article

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