An operational iceberg deterioration model

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 652-657

  Kubat, Ivana ^a   Sayed, Mohamed ^a   Savage, Stuart B ^b   Carrieres, Tom ^c   Crocker, Greg ^d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d Ballicater Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Iceberg calving; Iceberg deterioration; Iceberg forecasting

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

BUOYANT CONVECTION; ICEBERG CALVING; ICEBERG DETERIORATION; ICEBERG FORECASTING; OFFSHORE OPERATORS; WAVE EROSION;

SEA ICE;

EID: 36448972738     PISSN: 10986189     EISSN: 15551792     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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