The effect of surface heat fluxes on interannual variability in the spring onset of snow melt in the central Arctic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Maksimovich, Elena ^a   Vihma, Timo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA ICE; SNOW; SUN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SEA ICE; HEAT ACCUMULATION; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; NET HEAT FLUX; REANALYSIS; SATELLITE PASSIVE MICROWAVE; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SEA-ICE DRIFT; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SNOW AND ICE; SNOW MELT; SPRING SNOW; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; SURFACE HEAT LOSS;

HEAT FLUX;

ANNUAL VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; LONGWAVE RADIATION; POLYNYA; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA ICE; SNOWMELT; SOLAR RADIATION; SPRING (SEASON); TURBULENT FLOW;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84864049146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007220     Document Type: Article

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