A parametrization, based on sea ice morphology, of the neutral atmospheric drag coefficients for weather prediction and climate models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Lüpkes, Christof ^a   Gryanik, Vladimir M ^a,b   Hartmann, Jörg ^a   Andreas, Edgar L ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; LAKES; MORPHOLOGY;

10-M DRAG COEFFICIENT; ARCTIC REGIONS; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; FORM DRAG; FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCY; FUTURE CLIMATE; ICE MORPHOLOGY; ICE SURFACES; ICE ZONES; MARGINAL SEAS; MELT PONDS; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; OPEN WATER SURFACE; PARAMETRIZATIONS; POLAR SEA ICE; ROUGHNESS ELEMENTS; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SEA ICE CONDITIONS; WEATHER PREDICTION;

SEA ICE;

CLIMATE MODELING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MOMENTUM; OPEN WATER; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84864053117     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017630     Document Type: Article

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