Modeled trends in antarctic sea ice thickness

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3784-3801

  Holland, Paul R ^a   Bruneau, Nicolas ^a,f   Enright, Clare ^b   Losch, Martin ^c   Kurtz, Nathan T ^d   Kwok, Ron ^e  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; ANTARCTIC SEA ICE; CONCENTRATION CHANGE; FRESHWATER SUPPLY; ICE CONCENTRATION; PACIFIC SECTOR; REGIONAL TRENDS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

SEA ICE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRIFT (GLACIAL DEPOSIT); HINDCASTING; ICE THICKNESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS; TREND ANALYSIS;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84900400112     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00301.1     Document Type: Article

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