Influence of the sea ice thickness distribution on polar climate in CCSM3

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2398-2414

  Holland, Marika M ^a   Bitz, Cecilia M ^b   Hunke, Elizabeth C ^c   Lipscomb, William H ^c   Schramm, Julie L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

ICE THICKNESS-ICE STRENGTH; OCEAN BUOYANCY FLUX; POLAR CLIMATE; SEA ICE SIMULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ICE THICKNESS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA ICE;

EID: 33645325669     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3751.1     Document Type: Article

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