A sea-ice sensitivity study with a global ocean-ice model

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-18

  Uotila, P ^a   O'Farrell, S ^a   Marsland, S J ^a   Bi, D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Modelling; Sea ice; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED MODELS; EXTERNAL FACTORS; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; ICE MODEL; ICE THICKNESS; ICE VOLUMES; LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODELLING; MODULAR OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN MODEL; OPTIMAL PARAMETER; OPTIMAL SETS; PARAMETER VALUES; SEA ICE DISTRIBUTION; SEA ICE MODELS; SEA-ICE COMPONENTS; SEA-ICE COVER; SENSITIVITY; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SIMILAR DEGREE;

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; STRESSES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA ICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84860813292     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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