On the effective aerodynamic and scalar roughness length of Weddell Sea ice

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Weiss, Alexandra I ^a   King, John ^a   Lachlan Cope, Tom ^a   Ladkin, Russ ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA ICE;

AERODYNAMIC ROUGHNESS LENGTH; AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; INPUT PARAMETER; MOMENTUM FLUX; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PACK ICE; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PARAMETERIZED; ROUGHNESS LENGTH; SCALAR ROUGHNESS LENGTH; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SEA ICE TYPE; WEDDELL SEA;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER; MOMENTUM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROUGHNESS; SEA ICE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 80054976592     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015949     Document Type: Article

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