Influence of stochastic sea ice parametrization on climate and the role of atmosphere-sea ice-ocean interaction

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 2018, 2014, Pages

  Juricke, Stephan ^a   Jung, Thomas ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric feedbacks; Model uncertainty; Sea ice models; Sea ice strength; Stochastic parametrizations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; FEEDBACK; SEA ICE; STOCHASTIC MODELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC FEEDBACKS; ICE STRENGTH; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; PARAMETRIZATIONS; SEA ICE MODELS;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 84901625704     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0283     Document Type: Article

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