Evaluation of Arctic sea ice thickness simulated by Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Johnson, Mark ^a   Proshutinsky, Andrey ^b   Aksenov, Yevgeny ^c   Nguyen, An T ^d   Lindsay, Ron ^e   Haas, Christian ^f   Zhang, Jinlun ^e   Diansky, Nikolay ^g   Kwok, Ron ^h   Maslowski, Wieslaw ⁱ   Hkkinen, Sirpa ^j   Ashik, Igor ^k   De Cuevas, Beverly ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g INSTITUTE OF NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS   (Russian Federation)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^j NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^k ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC; ARCTIC BASIN; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SEA ICE; ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; BEAUFORT SEA; COASTAL STATION; DRILL HOLE; FRAM STRAIT; GREENLAND SEA; ICE FORMATIONS; ICE GROWTH; ICE THICKNESS; INTERCOMPARISONS; LAND-FAST; MARGINAL SEAS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; OCEAN MODELING; PACK ICE; PAN-ARCTIC; PHASE II; PROJECT MODEL; SEA-ICE THICKNESS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIRBORNE SENSING; CORRELATION; DATA SET; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; ICE DRIFT; ICE THICKNESS; MOORING SYSTEM; SEA ICE; SUBMARINE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84863349823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007257     Document Type: Article

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