Antarctic sea ice variability during 1958-1999: A simulation with a global ice-ocean model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Fichefet, Thierry ^a   Tartinville, Benoît ^a   Goosse, Hugues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antarctic sea ice variability; Drift and thickness; Global sea ice ocean model; Sea ice extent; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ICE DRIFT; ICE THICKNESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0142060626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc001148     Document Type: Article

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