Recent variability in sea ice cover, age, and thickness in the pacific arctic region

The Pacific Arctic Region: Ecosystem Status and Trends in a Rapidly Changing Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 31-63

  Frey, Karen E ^a   Maslanik, James A ^b   Kinney, Jaclyn Clement ^c   Maslowski, Wieslaw ^c  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Colorado   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering sea; Chukchi sea; Satellite data; Sea ice thickness; Seaice; Seaice age

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924794358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8863-2_3     Document Type: Chapter

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