Performance of the new Canadian ice service ice thickness redistribution model

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 855-862

  Kubat, I ^a   Sayed, M ^a   Carrieres, T ^b   Savage, S B ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forecast; Ice advection; Ice concentration; Ice thickness; Level ice; Ridged ice

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FORECASTING; FUNCTIONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

FORECAST; ICE ADVECTION; ICE CONCENTRATION; ICE THICKNESS; LEVEL ICE; RIDGED ICE;

SEA ICE;

EID: 23844515900     PISSN: 10986189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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