The thermodynamic state of the Arctic atmosphere observed by AIRS: Comparisons during the record minimum sea ice extents of 2007 and 2012

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 7441-7450

  Devasthale, A ^a   Sedlar, J ^a   Koenigk, T ^a   Fetzer, E J ^b  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRS; AQUA (SATELLITE); ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; MELTING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS; WINTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; EURASIA;

EID: 84881220063     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-7441-2013     Document Type: Article

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