The early twentieth century warming and winter Arctic sea ice

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1231-1237

  Semenov, V A ^a,b,c   Latif, M ^a,d  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84868641679     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-1231-2012     Document Type: Review

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