The transient versus the equilibrium response of sea ice to global warming

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 5624-5636

  Li, Chao ^a   Notz, Dirk ^a   Tietsche, Steffen ^a   Marotzke, Jochem ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Arctic; Feedback; Fluxes; Sea ice; Stability

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; CONCENTRATION CHANGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TRANSIENT SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FEEDBACK; FLUXES; GLOBAL WARMING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

SEA ICE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA ICE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC;

EID: 84880834152     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00492.1     Document Type: Article

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