Weighing the importance of surface forcing on sea ice: A September 2007 modelling study

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 142, Issue 695, 2016, Pages 539-545

  Hunke, E C ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; CICE; Melt ponds; Sea ice model; September 2007

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUDGET CONTROL; FEEDBACK; ICE CONTROL; LAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS;

ARCTIC; CICE; MELT PONDS; SEA ICE MODELING; SEPTEMBER 2007;

ICE;

EID: 84896691263     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2353     Document Type: Article

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