Data assimilation of sea-ice motion vectors: Sensitivity to the parameterization of sea-ice strength

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2006, Pages 357-360

  Dai, Mingrui ^a,b   Arbetter, Todd E ^a,c   Meier, Walter N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; ICE MOVEMENT; INTERPOLATION; MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA ICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 34249319843     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756406781811187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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