The role of sea ice thickness distribution in the arctic sea ice potential predictability: A diagnostic approach with a coupled GCM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3025-3038

  Chevallier, Matthieu ^a   Salas Mélia, David ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC SEA ICE; AREA PREDICTION; CRITICAL THICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH; FREEZE-UP; ICE THICKNESS; ICE VOLUMES; MODEL AND OBSERVATION; PAN-ARCTIC; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; SEA ICE MODELS; SEA-ICE THICKNESS; SUB-GRIDS; TIME-SCALES; VOLUME ANOMALIES; WINTER SEA ICES;

THICKNESS CONTROL;

SEA ICE;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE COVER; ICE MARGIN; ICE THICKNESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREDICTION; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84859951862     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00209.1     Document Type: Article

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