Onset and end of the summer melt season over sea ice: Thermal structure and surface energy perspective from SHEBA

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1349-1371

  Persson, P Ola G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic melt season transitions; Arctic synoptic events; Atmosphere sea ice interactions; SHEBA data; Surface energy budget

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; DATA SET; DOWNWELLING; HEAT FLUX; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SEA ICE; SURFACE ENERGY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84866391963     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1196-9     Document Type: Article

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