Reconstruction of historic sea ice conditions in a sub-Arctic lagoon

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-62

  Petrich, Chris ^a   Tivy, Adrienne C ^b   Ward, David H ^c  

^a Norut Narvik   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degree day; Model; Remote sensing; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE NUMBER; DEGREE DAYS; GROUND OBSERVATIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MEAN AIR TEMPERATURES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA ICE CONDITIONS; TERRESTRIAL ORGANISMS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE;

LAKES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ICE COVER; LAGOON; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; WIND DIRECTION;

ALASKA; IZEMBEK LAGOON; UNITED STATES;

ANSER; AVES; BRANTA BERNICLA NIGRICANS; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 84888399686     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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