Turbulence beneath sea ice and leads: A coupled sea ice/large-eddy simulation study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C2, 2001, Pages 2477-2497

  Skyllingstad, Eric D ^a   Denbo, Donald W ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE LEAD; ICE MOVEMENT; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; SEA ICE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0035076756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000091     Document Type: Article

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