Improving the spatial distribution of modeled Arctic sea ice thickness

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Miller, Paul A ^a   Laxon, Seymour W ^a   Feltham, Daniel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA ICE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

SEA ICE DRAFT; SEA ICE THICKNESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ICE THICKNESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 27744594721     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023622     Document Type: Article

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