Efficient flowline simulations of ice shelf-ocean interactions: Sensitivity studies with a fully coupled model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2200-2210

  Walker, Ryan T ^a,e   Holland, David M ^b   Parizek, Byron R ^c   Alley, Richard B ^d   Nowicki, Sophie M J ^e   Jenkins, Adrian ^f  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIVE EXPLORATIONS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FULLY-COUPLED MODEL; INTERFACE THERMODYNAMICS; OCEAN DYNAMICS; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOWLINES; MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ICE;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; GROUNDING LINE; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84886704595     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-037.1     Document Type: Article

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