Regions of rapid sea ice change: An inter-hemispheric seasonal comparison

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Stammerjohn, Sharon ^a,b   Massom, Robert ^c,d   Rind, David ^e   Martinson, Douglas ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^f Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC SEA ICE; BOREAL SPRING; ICE EDGE; MODEL CALCULATIONS; OCEAN HEAT; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; ROSS SEA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES; THERMAL FEEDBACK;

SEA ICE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; HEAT FLUX; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE COVER; ICE RETREAT; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; LATITUDE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84858632447     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL050874     Document Type: Article

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