Evaluation of snow/ice albedo parameterizations and their impacts on sea ice simulations

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-91

  Liu, Jiping ^a,b,c   Zhang, Zhanhai ^b   Inoue, Jun ^d   Horton, Radley M ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Sea ice model; SHEBA; Snow ice albedo parameterizations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; SEA ICE;

BASIN-SCALE DYNAMIC/THERMODYNAMIC SEA ICE MODEL; SNOW/ICE ALBEDO PARAMETERIZATIONS; SURFACE HEAT BUDGET OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN (SHEBA);

SNOW;

ALBEDO; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA ICE; SNOW;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 33846507108     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1373     Document Type: Article

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