Ridged sea ice characteristics in the Arctic from a coupled multicategory sea ice model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Mrtensson, S ^a   Meier, H E M ^a,b   Pemberton, P ^a,b   Haapala, J ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODELS; WATER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SEA ICE; CANADIAN ARCHIPELAGO; EAST-SIBERIAN SEAS; FRESHWATER CONTENTS; ICE DRIFT; ICE PRODUCTION; ICE THICKNESS; MULTICATEGORY; PRODUCTION RATES; REFERENCE MODELS; RIDGED ICE; SEA ICE MODELS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

SEA ICE;

ICE RAFTING; ICE RIDGE; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOLUME;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; EAST SIBERIAN SEA; EURASIAN BASIN; NANSEN BASIN;

EID: 84859914970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006936     Document Type: Article

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