Measurements of bubble size spectra within leads in the Arctic summer pack ice

Norris, S. J.; Brooks, I. M.; de Leeuw, G.; Sirevaag, A.; Leck, C.; Brooks, B. J.; Birch, C. E.; Tjernström, M.

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Measurements of bubble size spectra within leads in the Arctic summer pack ice

S. J. Norris, I. M. Brooks, G. de Leeuw, A. Sirevaag, C. Leck, B. J. Brooks, C. E. Birch, and M. Tjernström

S. J. Norris

School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

I. M. Brooks

School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

G. de Leeuw

Finnish Meteorological Institute, Climate and Global Change Unit, Helsinki, Finland

University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, Helsinki, Finland

TNO, Utrecht, The Netherlands

A. Sirevaag

Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Norway

Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway

C. Leck

Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Sweden

Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

B. J. Brooks

School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

C. E. Birch

School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

M. Tjernström

Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Sweden

Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

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