Assimilation of sea-ice concentration in a global climate model-physical and statistical aspects

Ocean Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-36

  Tietsche, S ^a,b,c   Notz, D ^a   Jungclaus, J H ^a   Marotzke, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL ON EARTH SYSTEM MODELLING   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ICE THICKNESS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84872308911     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-9-19-2013     Document Type: Article

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