Climate trends in the Arctic as observed from space

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 389-409

  Comiso, Josefino C ^a   Hall, Dorothy K ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; PERMAFROST; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; SNOW; SOILS; SOLAR RADIATION;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE ALBEDO FEEDBACK; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEASONALLY FROZEN GROUND; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ICE;

ALBEDO; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CRYOSPHERE; FROZEN GROUND; GLACIER; PERMAFROST; SEA ICE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84907896638     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.277     Document Type: Review

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