The sea-ice performance of the Australian climate models participating in the CMIP5

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 121-143

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

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; KARA SEA; LAPTEV SEA;

EID: 84882333550     PISSN: 1836716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22499/2.6301.008     Document Type: Article

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