Factors controlling the bifurcation structure of sea ice retreat

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Eisenman, Ian ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC SEA ICE; BIFURCATION STRUCTURES; CLIMATE FORCINGS; CONTINUOUS TRANSITIONS; ICE-FREE CONDITIONS; OPEN OCEAN; PARAMETER SHIFTS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SEA-ICE COVER; SINGLE-COLUMN MODEL; SURFACE ALBEDO; TOY MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ALBEDO; BIFURCATION; CLIMATE MODELING; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE COVER; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; ICE THICKNESS; OPEN OCEAN; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84856059602     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016164     Document Type: Article

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