Impact of melt ponds on Arctic sea ice in past and future climates as simulated by MPI-ESM

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Roeckner, Erich ^a   Mauritsen, Thorsten ^a   Esch, Monika ^a   Brokopf, Renate ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAKES; PONDS; SOLAR RADIATION;

CANADIAN ARCHIPELAGO; CONTINENTAL SHELF REGIONS; HISTORICAL SIMULATION; ICE CONCENTRATION; MODEL SIMULATION; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

SEA ICE;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; ICE THICKNESS; MELTING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POND; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84867699286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012MS000157     Document Type: Article

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