Surface cooled convection simulations with application to ice-covered seas

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 27, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 601-617

  Piacsek, Steve ^a   Allard, Richard ^a   Warn Varnas, Alex ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; COOLING; FREEZING; ICE FORMATION; SURFACE LAYER;

EID: 0009992719     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0377-0265(97)00033-x     Document Type: Article

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