RECENT VARIATIONS IN ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC SEA-ICE COVERS

被引:110
作者
GLOERSEN, P [1 ]
CAMPBELL, WJ [1 ]
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[1] UNIV PUGET SOUND,US GEOL SURVEY,ICE & CLIMATE PROJECT,TACOMA,WA 98416
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10.1038/352033a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Variations in the extents of sea-ice cover at the poles and the areas of open water enclosed within them were observed every other day during the interval 1978-1987 by a satellite-borne scanning multispectral microwave radiometer. A band-limited regression technique shows that the trends in coverage of the Arctic and Antarctic sea-ice packs are not the same. During these nine years, there are significant decreases in ice extent and open-water areas within the ice cover in the Arctic, whereas in the Antarctic, there are no significant trends.
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