Sea ice convergence along the Arctic coasts of Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Variability and extremes (1992-2014)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 7598-7605

  Kwok, Ron ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic sea ice; ice convergence; ice thickness distribution; melt ponds

Indexed keywords

THICKNESS CONTROL;

ARCTIC SEA ICE; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; ICE CONVERGENCES; ICE DYNAMICS; ICE THICKNESS; MELT PONDS; THICKNESS DISTRIBUTIONS;

SEA ICE;

CONVERGENCE; ICE COVER; ICE DRIFT; ICE THICKNESS; MELTING; SEA ICE; VOLUME CHANGE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84945232059     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL065462     Document Type: Article

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