Variability of arctic sea ice thickness and volume from CryoSat-2

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 373, Issue 2045, 2015, Pages

  Kwok, R ^a   Cunningham, G F ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic ocean; Ice deformation; Ice drift; Ice thickness; Ice volume

Indexed keywords

SEA ICE; SUBMARINES;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ICE DEFORMATION; ICE DRIFT; ICE THICKNESS; ICE VOLUMES;

ICE;

EID: 84930986746     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2014.0157     Document Type: Article

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