On the existence of stable seasonally varying Arctic sea ice in simple models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Moon, W ^a   Wettlaufer, J S ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORDITA   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEAT FLUX;

ANNUAL AVERAGE; ARCTIC SEA ICE; CLIMATIC EVOLUTION; PERTURBATION THEORY; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SHORT WAVES; STABILITY CONDITION; SUMMER HEAT; SUMMER SEASON; THERMODYNAMIC THEORY;

SEA ICE;

GREENHOUSE GAS; MAGNITUDE; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; STABILIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84864027398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008006     Document Type: Article

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