An idealised stochastic model of sea ice thickness dynamics

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 78, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-30

  Godlovitch, D ^a   Monahan, A ^a   Flato, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Sea ice; Sea ice dynamics; Sea ice thickness distribution

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION MODELS; DYNAMIC EVOLUTION; EXPONENTIAL TAIL; ICE DYNAMICS; ICE RHEOLOGY; QUALITATIVE FEATURES; REDISTRIBUTION PROCESS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SEA ICE MODELS; SEA-ICE THICKNESS; SPATIAL ASPECT; THICKNESS DISTRIBUTIONS; ZERO-DIMENSIONAL MODELS;

COAGULATION; DYNAMICS; RHEOLOGY; SEA ICE; THICKNESS CONTROL;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ICE THICKNESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; SEA ICE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84859863599     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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