Interannual variability of arctic landfast ice between 1976 and 2007

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 227-243

  Yu, Yanling ^a   Stern, Harry ^a   Fowler, Charles ^b   Fetterer, Florence ^c   Maslanik, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Climate variability; Coastlines; Interannual variability; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COASTLINES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY;

COASTAL ZONES; SEA ICE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; COAST; ICE COVER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA ICE; SNOWMELT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BARENTS SEA; BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84892450291     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00178.1     Document Type: Article

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