A coupled ice-ocean modeling study of the northwest Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Zhang, Sheng ^a   Sheng, Jinyu ^a   Greatbatch, Richard J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coupled ice ocean model; Los Alamos sea ice model; Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Indexed keywords

ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 3042828607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC001924     Document Type: Article

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