The relation between ice deformation, oceanic heat flux, and the ice thickness distribution in the Arctic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C8, 1997, Pages 18681-18698

  Björk, Göran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE THICKNESS; MODEL;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0031430787     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC00789     Document Type: Article

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