Sea ice and polar climate in the NCAR CSM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1472-1486

  Weatherly, John W ^a   Briegleb, Bruce P ^a   Large, William G ^a   Maslanik, James A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; POLAR REGION; SEA ICE;

EID: 0031719307     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<1472:SIAPCI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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