Dynamics Versus Thermodynamics: The Sea Ice Thickness Distribution

Sea Ice: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 113-151

  Haas, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Changes of sea ice coverage commonly taken as indicator for climate change; Dynamics versus thermodynamics sea ice thickness distribution; Electromagnetic induction (EMI) sounding; ESA's ERS and Envisat satellites carrying Ku band; Global sea ice thickness distributions; Melting patterns corresponding to large scale meteorological conditions; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument; Moored upward looking sonars (ULS) and electromagnetic (EM) methods and satellite altimetry; Predicting ice thickness distribution; Two coupled ice ocean models at Alfred Wegener Institute (North Atlantic Ocean Sea Ice Model NAOSIM

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958736010     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444317145.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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