The seasonal cycle of the Arctic Ocean under climate change

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 7681-7686

  Carton, James A ^a   Ding, Yanni ^a,b   Arrigo, Kevin R ^c  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

annual cycle; heat content; heat flux; ocean temperature; sea surface salinity; seasonal cycle

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ENTHALPY; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEAT FLUX; LIGHT SCATTERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL CYCLE; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; FREEZING; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT FLUX; ICE COVER; LIGHT SCATTERING; MELTING; METEOROLOGY; MIXED LAYER; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84945187925     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064514     Document Type: Article

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