Changes in Arctic melt season and implications for sea ice loss

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1216-1225

  Stroeve, J C ^a,b   Markus, T ^c   Boisvert, L ^d   Miller, J ^c,e   Barrett, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; sea ice

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN;

ABSORBED SOLAR RADIATIONS; ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; EAST-SIBERIAN SEAS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOLAR ABSORPTION; UPPER OCEAN;

SEA ICE;

MELTING; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84894253814     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058951     Document Type: Article

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