Modeling the heating and melting of sea ice through light absorption by microalgae

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C1, 1996, Pages 1163-1181

  Zeebe, Richard E ^a   Eicken, Hajo ^a   Robinson, Dale H ^a   Wolf Gladrow, Dieter ^a   Dieckmann, Gerhard S ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ICE MELTING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROALGAE; MODELLING; SEA ICE;

ALGAE;

EID: 0029769162     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JC02687     Document Type: Article

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