Toward quantifying the increasing role of oceanic heat in sea ice loss in the new arctic

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2079-2105

  Carmack, E ^a,b   Polyakov, I ^b   Padman, L ^c   Fer, I ^d   Hunke, E ^e   Hutchings, J ^f   Jackson, J ^g   Kelley, D ^h   Kwok, R ⁱ   Layton, C ^h   Melling, H ^a   Perovich, D ^j   Persson, O ^k   Ruddick, B ^h   Timmermans, M L ^l   Toole, J ^m   Ross, T ^h   Vavrus, S ⁿ   Winsor, P ^b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Earth and Space Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HAKAI INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^l YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; MODEL RESULTS; OCEAN TRANSPORTS; PHYSICAL CHANGES; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; RESEARCH AGENDA; SURFACE FLUX;

ICE;

EID: 84937528708     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00177.1     Document Type: Article

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