Additional Arctic observations improve weather and sea-ice forecasts for the Northern Sea Route

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Inoue, Jun ^a,b,c   Yamazaki, Akira ^b   Ono, Jun ^b   Dethloff, Klaus ^d   Maturilli, Marion ^d   Neuber, Roland ^d   Edwards, Patti ^e   Yamaguchi, Hajime ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 84947771130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16868     Document Type: Article

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