Contributions of growth and deformation to monthly variability in sea ice thickness north of the coasts of Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 8097-8105

  Kwok, R ^a   Cunningham, G F ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; deformation; growth; sea ice

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS; THICKNESS CONTROL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; COUPLED ANALYSIS; ICE DEFORMATION; REDISTRIBUTION PROCESS; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; SEA-ICE THICKNESS; SEASONAL CHANGES;

ICE;

ARCHIPELAGO; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; BUOY SYSTEM; CRYOSAT; ICE DRIFT; ICE THICKNESS; MASS BALANCE; PERSISTENCE; SEA ICE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARCTIC; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84982899104     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL069333     Document Type: Article

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