Atmospheric forcing validation for modeling the central Arctic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Makshtas, A ^a   Atkinson, D ^b   Kulakov, M ^a   Shutilin, S ^a   Krishfield, R ^c   Proshutinsky, A ^c  

^a ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLOUDINESS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; COUPLING; ERROR ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY; ICE THICKNESS; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE WIND;

ARCTIC;

EID: 37349024987     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031378     Document Type: Article

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