Spatially mapped reductions in the length of the Arctic sea ice season

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4316-4322

  Parkinson, Claire L ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC SEA ICE;

ICE COVER; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

EID: 84903222699     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060434     Document Type: Article

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