Drivers of variability in Arctic sea-ice drift speed

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5755-5775

  Olason, Einar ^a,b   Notz, Dirk ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; drift speed; long term trend; sea ice; seasonal cycle

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; FREEZING; ICE COVER; ICE DRIFT; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84921469663     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC009897     Document Type: Article

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