Decline of arctic sea ice: evaluation and weighting of CMIP5 projections

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 546-554

  Snape, Thomas J ^a   Forster, Piers M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; CMIP5; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; ICE-FREE; ICE-FREE CONDITIONS; INTERNAL VARIABILITY; PROJECTION DISPLAYS; VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CALIBRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84900663529     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020593     Document Type: Article

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