Arctic sea ice decline and ice export in the CMIP5 historical simulations

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 114-126

  Langehaug, H R ^a,b   Geyer, F ^a   Smedsrud, L H ^b,c   Gao, Y ^a,b,d  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c Uni Research AS   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Arctic sea ice; CMIP5 models; Fram Strait ice export

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC SEA ICE; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; ENSEMBLE MEMBERS; FRAM STRAIT; HISTORICAL SIMULATION; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; LONG-TERM TREND; SEA-ICE THICKNESS;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET);

SEA ICE;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; FRAM STRAIT;

EID: 84885472008     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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