Blowing snow on arctic sea ice: Results from an improved sea ice-snow-blowing snow coupled system

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 678-689

  Chung, Yi Ching ^a,b   Bélair, Stéphane ^b   Mailhot, Jocelyn ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Coupled models; Sea ice; Snow; Wind

Indexed keywords

COUPLING; DENSITY; GRAIN SIZE; HEAT BUDGET; ICE THICKNESS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SEA ICE; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK; TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 80052365524     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JHM1293.1     Document Type: Article

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