Changing sea ice conditions and marine transportation activity in Canadian Arctic waters between 1990 and 2012

Climatic Change

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 161-173

  Pizzolato, Larissa ^a   Howell, Stephen E L ^b   Derksen, Chris ^b   Dawson, Jackie ^a   Copland, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MARINE TRANSPORTATION; MARITIME ACTIVITIES; SEA ICE CONDITIONS; SHIPPING ACTIVITIES; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; VESSEL TRANSITS; WEAK CORRELATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SHIPS; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

SEA ICE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MELTWATER; RESOURCE USE; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SHIPPING; SURFACE AREA; TIMESCALE; TOURISM MARKET; VESSEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

EID: 84896718857     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-1038-3     Document Type: Article

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