Albedo evolution of seasonal Arctic sea ice

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Perovich, Donald K ^a,b   Polashenski, Christopher ^a  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES; MELTING; SEA ICE; SNOW;

ARCTIC SEA ICE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FREEZE-UP; ICE COVER; MASS BUDGET; OPEN WATER; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SOLAR HEAT; UPPER OCEAN;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO; FREEZING; ICE COVER; OPEN WATER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; SOLAR RADIATION; UPPER OCEAN;

EID: 84860136351     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051432     Document Type: Article

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