Impact of atmospheric forcing data on simulations of the Laptev Sea polynya dynamics using the sea-ice ocean model FESOM

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Ernsdorf, T ^a   Schroder D ^a,b   Adams, S ^a   Heinemann, G ^a   Timmermann, R ^c   Danilov, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT FLUX;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC SEA-ICE; ATMOSPHERIC DATA; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; FINITE ELEMENT; GLOBAL MODELS; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICE PRODUCTION; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LAPTEV SEA; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; OCEAN MODEL; PRODUCTION RATES; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SMALL-SCALE MODELING; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES; WEATHER SERVICES; WIND FIELD;

SEA ICE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-ICE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DATA SET; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYNYA; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; TURBULENT FLOW;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LAPTEV SEA;

EID: 84855316489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006725     Document Type: Article

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