The vertical age profile in sea ice: Theory and numerical results

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 211-226

  Lietaer, Olivier ^a   Deleersnijder, Eric ^a   Fichefet, Thierry ^a   Vancoppenolle, Martin ^a   Comblen, Richard ^b   Bouillon, Sylvain ^a   Legat, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and Climate Research ^*  (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Age theory; ALE; Ice age; Lagrangian; Thermodynamic sea ice model

Indexed keywords

AGE THEORY; ALE; ICE AGE; LAGRANGIAN; THERMODYNAMIC SEA ICE MODEL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REMOTE SENSING; THERMODYNAMICS;

SEA ICE;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CORRELATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ICE THICKNESS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 82555187371     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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