What is the Trajectory of Arctic Sea Ice?

Arctic Sea Ice Decline: Observations, Projections, Mechanisms, and Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 175-185

  Stern, Harry L ^a   Lindsay, Ronald W ^a   Bitz, Cecilia M ^a   Hezel, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic regions Climate; Climatic changes Environmental aspects Arctic Regions; Environmental impact analysis Arctic regions; Sea ice Arctic regions

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PHASE SPACE METHODS; SEA ICE; THICKNESS CONTROL; TRAJECTORIES;

ARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; EXTERNAL FORCING; ICE ALBEDO FEEDBACK; ICE-OCEAN MODELS; INTERNAL DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; QUADRATIC NONLINEARITIES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84951132953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/180GM12     Document Type: Chapter

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