Arctic sea ice changes under global warming

International Conference and Exhibition on Performance of Ships and Structures in Ice 2008, ICETECH 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 15-20

  Wadhams, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic sea ice; Global warming; Ice cover; Ice thickness monitoring; Sea ice thinning and retreat

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC SEA ICE; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; PRESSURE RIDGE; RAPID CHANGES; RAPID RATE; TEMPORAL SCALE; THICKNESS MONITORING;

EXHIBITIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; SHIPS; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

SEA ICE;

EID: 84861622860     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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