A new sea ice albedo scheme including melt ponds for ECHAM5 general circulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Pedersen, Christina A ^a,b   Roeckner, Erich ^a,c   Lüthje, Mikael ^d   Winther, Jan Gunnar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERICS; LAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SNOW;

ANNUAL CYCLE; EXPLICIT TREATMENTS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE CONCENTRATION; ICE THICKNESS; MELT PONDS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OPEN WATER; PHYSICALLY BASED; SEA-ICE THICKNESS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE THICKNESS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA ICE; SNOW COVER;

EID: 66949163329     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010440     Document Type: Article

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