Atmosphere-sea ice interactions during a cyclone passage investigated by using model simulations and measurements

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3678-3692

  Dierer, Silka ^a,b   Schlunzen K H ^a   Birnbaum, G ^c   Brummer B ^a   Muller G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUOYS; HEAT FLUX; SEA ICE; STORMS; WIND;

AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENTS; DRIFT BUOY MEASUREMENTS; ICE DRIFT MEASUREMENTS; MODEL SIMULATIONS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CYCLONE; ICE DRIFT; SEA ICE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 31344472106     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3076.1     Document Type: Article

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