Modeling the transport of passive tracers in sea ice

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Jeffery, N ^a   Hunke, E C ^a   Elliott, S M ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE; WATER FILTRATION;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELING; CLOSURE APPROXIMATION; DIFFUSIVITIES; DOMINANT MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GRAVITY DRAINAGE; ICE GROWTH; MIXING LENGTH; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; NEW-ICE; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PASSIVE TRACERS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; REYNOLDS; SEA ICE GROWTH; SEA ICE SALINITY; TIME STEP; TRACER CONCENTRATION; TRACER VELOCITY; VERTICAL TRANSPORTS; VOLUME FLUX;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DESALINATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSIVITY; PARAMETERIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SALINITY; SEA ICE; TRACER; VERTICAL MIXING; VOLUME;

EID: 79961214571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006527     Document Type: Article

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