Ice sheet record of recent sea-ice behavior and polynya variability in the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 118-130

  Criscitiello, Alison S ^a   Das, Sarah B ^a   Evans, Matthew J ^b   Frey, Karen E ^c   Conway, Howard ^d   Joughin, Ian ^d   Medley, Brooke ^d   Steig, Eric J ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; SATELLITES; STRATIGRAPHY;

ACCUMULATION RATES; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; GLACIOCHEMICAL RECORDS; METHANE SULFONIC ACID; SATELLITE-DERIVED OBSERVATIONS; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CORRELATION; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS;

SEA ICE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; GLACIOCHEMISTRY; ICE SHEET; POLYNYA; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84878904601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008077     Document Type: Article

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