Atmospheric drag coefficients of Weddell Sea ice computed from roughness profiles

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 27, Issue , 1998, Pages 455-460

  Fisher, R ^a   Lytle, Victoria I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG COEFFICIENT; ELEVATION; ROUGHNESS; SEA ICE; SURFACE ENERGY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032423540     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/1998aog27-1-455-460     Document Type: Article

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