Transmission and absorption of solar radiation by Arctic sea ice during the melt season

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Light, Bonnie ^a   Grenfell, Thomas C ^a   Perovich, Donald K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b US Army Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OCEAN CURRENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEA ICE; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN;

ARCTIC SEA ICE; BEAUFORT SEA; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; FIRST-YEAR; ICE COVER; ICE SURFACES; ICE THICKNESS; INHERENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES; MASS BALANCE; MELTING ICE; NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SPECTRAL ALBEDOS; SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE; SURFACE HEAT BUDGET OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN; SURFACE LAYERS; TRANSMISSION AND ABSORPTION;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT BUDGET; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; IRRADIANCE; MASS BALANCE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEA ICE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; TRANSMITTANCE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 50049124772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003977     Document Type: Article

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