Recent changes of Arctic multiyear sea ice coverage and the likely causes

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-151

  Polyakov, Igor V ^a   Walsh, John E ^a   Kwok, Ronald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC WATER; DEEP OCEAN; DEPTH RANGE; ICE FORMATIONS; ICE GROWTH; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; METEOROLOGY;

SEA ICE;

EID: 84857972584     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00070.1     Document Type: Article

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