Estimates of surface roughness length in heterogeneous under-ice boundary layers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Shaw, W J ^a   Stanton, T P ^a   McPhee, M G ^b   Kikuchi, T ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b McPhee Research Company   (United States)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SEA ICE; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PACK ICE; SEA ICE; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 56049102879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004550     Document Type: Article

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