Observations of recent Arctic sea ice volume loss and its impact on ocean-atmosphere energy exchange and ice production

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Kurtz, N T ^a,b   Markus, T ^b   Farrell, S L ^b,c   Worthen, D L ^b,d   Boisvert, L N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d RS Information Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; SEA ICE; SNOW;

ARCTIC BASIN; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SEA ICE; AREAL COVERAGE; CALCULATED VALUES; ENERGY EXCHANGES; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT OUTPUT; ICE GROWTH; ICE LOSS; ICE PRODUCTION; ICE THICKNESS; ICE VOLUMES; LAND ELEVATION SATELLITES; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; PREVIOUS YEAR; SEA-ICE THICKNESS; SNOW DEPTH MODELS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; THERMODYNAMIC SEA ICE MODEL; WINTER SEASONS; WINTER TIME;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLOUDSAT; ENERGY FLUX; HEAT FLUX; ICESAT; METEOROLOGY; SEA ICE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLUME;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 79955050306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006235     Document Type: Article

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