High-latitude ocean and sea ice surface fluxes: Challenges for climate research

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 403-423

  Bourassa, Mark A ^a,m   Gille, Sarah T ^b   Bitz, Cecilia ^c   Carlson, David ^d   Cerovecki, Ivana ^b   Clayson, Carol Anne ^a   Cronin, Meghan F ^e   Drennan, Will M ^f   Fairall, Chris W ^g   Hoffman, Ross N ^h   Magnusdottir, Gudrun ⁱ   Pinker, Rachel T ^j   Renfrew, Ian A ^k   Serreze, Mark ^l   Speer, Kevin ^a   Talley, Lynne D ^b   Wick, Gary A ^g  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^g EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^m WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE RESEARCH; EARTH'S CLIMATE; EXCHANGE OF ENERGY; EXTREME CONDITIONS; HIGH WIND SPEED; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATE REGIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

SEA ICE;

EID: 84872962468     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00244.1     Document Type: Article

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