Is realistic Antarctic sea-ice extent in climate models the result of excessive ice drift?

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-42

  Uotila, P ^a,b   Holland, P R ^c   Vihma, T ^b   Marsland, S J ^a   Kimura, N ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advection; Divergence; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CLIMATE MODELS; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ACCESS MODELS; ANTARCTIC COASTS; ANTARCTIC SEA ICE; DIVERGENCE; FULLY-COUPLED; MODEL AND OBSERVATION; RESIDUAL COMPONENTS; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION;

BUDGET CONTROL;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; AUTUMN; CLIMATE MODELING; ICE DRIFT; ICE MOVEMENT; MODEL TEST; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS; TREND ANALYSIS; WINTER;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84900819798     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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