Recent changes in the exchange of sea ice between the Arctic Ocean and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3595-3607

  Howell, Stephen E L ^a   Wohlleben, Trudy ^a   Dabboor, Mohammed ^a   Derksen, Chris ^a   Komarov, Alexander ^b   Pizzolato, Larissa ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; climate change; RADARSAT; sea ice; sea ice motion

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA LEVEL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; MULTI-YEAR ICES; NEGATIVE FLUXES; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS; RADARSAT; SEA ICE MOTION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

SEA ICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; RADARSAT; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 84885096760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20265     Document Type: Article

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