Sensitivities and uncertainties in a coupled regional atmosphere-ocean-ice model with respect to the simulation of Arctic sea ice

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Dorn, Wolfgang ^a   Dethloff, K ^a   Rinke, A ^a   Frickenhaus, S ^a   Gerdes, R ^a   Karcher, M ^a   Kauker, F ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA ICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY FLUX; MODELING; SEA ICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 34547593080     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007814     Document Type: Article

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