Albedo parametrization and reversibility of sea ice decay

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-94

  Muller Stoffels M ^a   Wackerbauer, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY BUDGET; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE COVER; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA ICE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84856884582     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-19-81-2012     Document Type: Article

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