An operational model of iceberg drift

International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-131

  Kubat, Ivana ^a   Sayed, Mohamed ^a   Savage, Stuart B ^b   Carrieres, Tom ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Iceberg drift; Iceberg forecasting

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FORCE CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER;

CALVING MODEL; CANADIAN ICE SERVICE (CIS); ICEBERG DRIFTS; ICEBERG KEELS; WATER DRAG FORCE;

ICE;

FORECASTING METHOD; ICEBERG; SEA ICE;

EID: 21644479579     PISSN: 10535381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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