The 2014 high record of antarctic sea ice extent

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2015, Pages S163-S167

  Massonnet, F ^a,b   Guemas, V ^b,c   Fuekar N S ^b   Doblas Reyes, F J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Catalan Institute of Climate Sciences   (Spain)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA ICE;

ANOMALOUS WINDS; ANTARCTIC SEA ICE; COLD AIR MASS; SEA ICE PRODUCTION;

ICE;

EID: 84955459270     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00093.1     Document Type: Review

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