Improved representation of sea-ice processes in climate models

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-43

  Saenko, Oleg A ^a   Flato, Gregory M ^a   Weaver, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0035982624     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/ao.400102     Document Type: Article

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