Arctic sea ice in transformation: A review of recent observed changes and impacts on biology and human activity

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 185-217

  Meier, Walter N ^a   Hovelsrud, Greta K ^b   Van Oort, Bob E H ^b   Key, Jeffrey R ^c   Kovacs, Kit M ^d   Michel, Christine ^e   Haas, Christian ^f   Granskog, Mats A ^d   Gerland, Sebastian ^d   Perovich, Donald K ^g   Makshtas, Alexander ^h   Reist, James D ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^c NOAA Wisconsin   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^h ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arctic; biology; feedbacks; human impacts; modeling; sea ice

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; FEEDBACK; MODELS; SATELLITES;

ARCTIC; GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM; HUMAN IMPACT; ICE-FREE CONDITIONS; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; RESOURCE EXTRACTION; SEA-ICE THICKNESS;

SEA ICE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ICE THICKNESS; MODELING; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84908028751     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: 19449208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013RG000431     Document Type: Review

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