Recent changes in the dynamic properties of declining Arctic sea ice: A model study

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Jinlun ^a   Lindsay, Ron ^a   Schweiger, Axel ^a   Rigor, Ignatius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION;

ARCTIC SEA ICE; CANADIAN ARCHIPELAGO; DEFORMATION RATES; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; GREENLAND; ICE CONCENTRATION; ICE COVER; ICE DEFORMATION; ICE MOTION; ICE THICKNESS; ICE VOLUMES; INTERACTION FORCES; MARGINAL SEAS; MODEL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL SIMULATIONS; RATE OF INCREASE; RIDGED ICE; SEA-ICE EDGE; STATE OF FREE; WIND FORCING;

SEA ICE;

EID: 84868322884     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053545     Document Type: Article

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