Large-scale processes governing the seasonal variability of the Antarctic sea ice

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 828-840

  Kimura, Noriaki ^a   Wakatsuchi, Masaaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMSR-E; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EOS; ICE COVER; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZONAL FLOW;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; INDIAN OCEAN; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 79960391872     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2011.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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