On the Arctic Ocean ice thickness response to changes in the external forcing

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3007-3018

  Stranne, Christian ^a   Björk, Göran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Albedo feedback; Arctic Ocean; Divergence; Ice export; Sea ice; Sensitivity; Tipping point

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; DIVERGENCE; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84869505276     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1275-y     Document Type: Article

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