Seasonal ice loss in the Beaufort Sea: Toward synchrony and prediction

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1118-1132

  Steele, Michael ^a   Dickinson, Suzanne ^a   Zhang, Jinlun ^a   W Lindsay, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

prediction; sea ice; seasonality; synchrony

Indexed keywords

EASTERLY WAVE; ICE MECHANICS; MAMMAL; PREDICTION; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 85027925897     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010247     Document Type: Article

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