Change and variability in sea ice during the 2007-2008 Canadian International Polar Year program

Climatic Change

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-133

  Barber, David G ^a   Asplin, Matthew G ^a   Raddatz, Richard L ^a   Candlish, Lauren M ^a   Nickels, Scot ^b   Meakin, Stephanie ^b   Hochheim, Klaus P ^a   Lukovich, Jennifer V ^a   Galley, Ryan J ^a   Prinsenberg, Simon J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Health and Environment   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; GAS EXCHANGE; ICE TRENDS; INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR; INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE; LAND-FAST; LONG-PERIOD WAVES; NEW-ICE; NORTHERN CANADA; NORTHWEST PASSAGE; OPEN WATER; PACK ICE; SEA ICE TYPE; WINTER SEA ICES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; RESEARCH; STORMS;

SEA ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GAS EXCHANGE; ICE FIELD; OPEN WATER; PACK ICE; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WAVE GENERATION;

AMUNDSEN GULF; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; CHUKCHI SEA; NORTHWEST PASSAGE;

EID: 84867664864     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0477-6     Document Type: Article

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