Development of the Global Sea Ice 6.0 CICE configuration for the Met Office Global Coupled model

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2221-2230

  Rae, J G L ^a   Hewitt, H T ^a   Keen, A B ^a   Ridley, J K ^a   West, A E ^a   Harris, C M ^a   Hunke, E C ^b   Walters, D N ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; FUTURE PROSPECT; ICE THICKNESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE; WARMING;

ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC;

EID: 84937773562     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-2221-2015     Document Type: Article

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