Landfast sea ice conditions in the Canadian arctic: 1983-2009

Arctic

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-144

  Galley, Ryan J ^a   Else, Brent G T ^a   Howell, Stephen E L ^b   Lukovich, Jennifer V ^a   Barber, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breakup; Canadian arctic; Climatology; Coastal; Duration; Landfast; Northwest passage; Onset; Sea ice; Trends; Variability

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; CLIMATOLOGY; DIGITAL IMAGE; ICE BREAKUP; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA ICE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTHWEST PASSAGE;

EID: 84863767418     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4195     Document Type: Article

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