Arctic sea ice thickness loss determined using subsurface, aircraft, and satellite observations

Cryosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 269-283

  Lindsay, R ^a   Schweiger, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ENERGY BALANCE; ICE THICKNESS; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84922616099     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-9-269-2015     Document Type: Article

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