Trends in Arctic sea ice drift and role of wind forcing: 1992-2009

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Spreen, Gunnar ^a   Kwok, Ron ^a   Menemenlis, Dimitris ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA ICE; WIND EFFECTS;

ARCTIC BASIN; ARCTIC SEA ICE; BREAK-POINTS; ICE COVER; ICE DRIFT; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL TRENDS; WIND FORCING; WIND SPEED; WINTER MONTHS;

SPEED;

AIR-ICE INTERACTION; DECADAL VARIATION; ICE COVER; ICE DRIFT; ICE MECHANICS; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WIND FORCING; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 80053983459     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048970     Document Type: Review

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