Estimation of Arctic windspeeds and stresses with impacts on ocean-ice snow modeling

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 129-151

  Steiner, Nadja ^a   Holloway, Greg ^a   Sou, Tessa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic ocean; Freshwater; Heat; Sea ice; Windspeed; Windstress

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ICE; SALINE WATER; STRESS ANALYSIS; SURFACES;

SURFACE SALINITY;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

MODELING; SEA ICE; SNOW; WIND STRESS; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037356279     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00276-2     Document Type: Article

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