The effect of dynamic-thermodynamic icebergs on the Southern Ocean climate in a three-dimensional model

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 104-113

  Jongma, Jochem I ^a   Driesschaert, Emmanuelle ^b   Fichefet, Thierry ^b   Goosse, Hugues ^b   Renssen, Hans ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climate; Convection; Icebergs; Meltwater; Model; Sea ice; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; COOLING WATER; DYNAMIC MODELS; FLUXES; HEAT FLUX; HEATING EQUIPMENT; ICE; LATENT HEAT; THERMODYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER;

CLIMATE; CONVECTION; ICEBERGS; MELTWATER; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

SEA ICE;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CONVECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ICEBERG; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MELTWATER; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA ICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 56949091674     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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