On the scaling laws derived from ice beacon trajectories in the southern Beaufort Sea during the International Polar Year - Circumpolar Flaw Lead study, 2007-2008

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Lukovich, J V ^a   Babb, D G ^a   Barber, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SCALING LAWS; SEA ICE;

ABSOLUTE DISPLACEMENT; ANNUAL CYCLE; ANTICYCLONIC MOTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; AVERAGE ANGLE; AVERAGE SPEED; BAY AREAS; BEAUFORT SEA; BUOY DATA; CYCLONIC ACTIVITIES; DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; GYRE CIRCULATION; HIGHER ORDER; ICE DRIFT; ICE MANAGEMENT; ICE MOTION; ICE VELOCITY; ICE ZONES; IN-SITU; INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; NON-GAUSSIAN; NORTH AMERICAN; REANALYSIS; SEA ICE MOTION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SURFACE WINDS; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING; TIME-SCALES; WIND DATA; WINTER MONTHS;

DISPERSIONS;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CYCLONE; DISPERSION; DISPLACEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; MASS BALANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; FRANKLIN BAY; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 81755168305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007049     Document Type: Article

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