The influence of sea ice physics on simulations of climate change

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C9, 2001, Pages 19639-19655

  Holland, Marika M ^a   Bitz, Cecilia M ^b   Weaver, A J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Applied Physics Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; SEA ICE;

EID: 0034770668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000651     Document Type: Article

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