Comparing and contrasting the behaviour of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice over the 35 year period 1979-2013

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 69, 2015, Pages 18-28

  Simmonds, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctic glaciology; Arctic glaciology; Atmosphere ice ocean interactions; Climate change; Ice and climate

Indexed keywords

AIR-ICE INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLACIOLOGY; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84930646369     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2015AoG69A909     Document Type: Article

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