Arctic ocean sea ice snow depth evaluation and bias sensitivity in CCSM

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1887-1900

  Blazey, B A ^a,b   Holland, M M ^c   Hunke, E C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOSPHERE; ICE COVER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84890516998     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-1887-2013     Document Type: Article

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