Simulations of the snow covered sea ice surface temperature and microwave effective temperature

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1028-1037

  Tonboe, Rasmus T ^a   Dybkjær, Gorm ^a   Høyer, Jacob L ^a  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; POLARIZATION; RADIATION BALANCE; SEA ICE; SNOW COVER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMODYNAMICS; WINTER;

EID: 81155162429     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2011.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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