Recent wind driven high sea ice area export in the Fram Strait contributes to Arctic sea ice decline

Cryosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 821-829

  Smedsrud, L H ^a,b   Sirevaag, A ^b,c   Kloster, K ^d   Sorteberg, A ^b,c   Sandven, S ^d  

^a Uni Research   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ICE DRIFT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MELTING; PRESSURE EFFECT; RADAR; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; FRAM STRAIT; GREENLAND; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 80054719852     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-5-821-2011     Document Type: Article

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