Arctic ice-ocean simulation with optimized model parameters: Approach and assessment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Nguyen, An T ^a,b   Menemenlis, Dimitris ^b   Kwok, Ronald ^b  

^a Los Angeles   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTIMIZATION; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC ICE; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC WATER; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BERING STRAIT; BEST MODEL; BRANCH FLOW; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FRAM STRAIT; LAND ELEVATION SATELLITES; MODEL PARAMETERS; OPTIMIZED PARAMETER; OPTIMIZED SIMULATION; PACIFIC WATER; REANALYSIS; THICKNESS DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; GREEN FUNCTION; HALOCLINE; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSPORT; OPTIMIZATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; TRACER; VOLUME;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

EID: 79955583056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006573     Document Type: Article

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