The role of shortwave radiation in the 2007 Arctic sea ice anomaly

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Nussbaumer, Eric A ^a   Pinker, Rachel T ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SEA ICE; CLOUD AMOUNT; DOWN-WELLING; ICE CONDITIONS; ICE MELT SEASON; MODEL RESULTS; REANALYSIS; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION;

SEA ICE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLOUD COVER; MELTING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84865426520     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052415     Document Type: Article

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