Distribution and trends in Arctic sea ice age through spring 2011

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Maslanik, James ^a   Stroeve, Julienne ^b   Fowler, Charles ^a   Emery, William ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SEA ICE; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA BASIN; CANADIAN ARCHIPELAGO; EXTREME CONDITIONS; ICE COVER; ICE TYPE; PACIFIC SECTOR;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ICE COVER; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PLEISTOCENE; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPRING (SEASON);

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA BASIN;

EID: 79960543009     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047735     Document Type: Article

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