Ocean surface wave evolvement in the Arctic Basin

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Squire, Vernon A ^a   Vaughan, Gareth L ^a   Bennetts, Luke G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC BASIN; ARCTIC SEA ICE; ICE FLOES; ICE THICKNESS; OCEAN SURFACE WAVES; OCEAN WAVES;

SEA ICE; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FRICTION; PARAMETERIZATION; SCATTERING; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE-ICE INTERACTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 72049088233     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040676     Document Type: Article

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