Short-term sea ice forecasting: An assessment of ice concentration and ice drift forecasts using the U.S. Navy's Arctic Cap Nowcast/Forecast System

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 8327-8345

  Hebert, David A ^a   Allard, Richard A ^a   Metzger, E Joseph ^a   Posey, Pamela G ^a   Preller, Ruth H ^a   Wallcraft, Alan J ^a   Phelps, Michael W ^b   Smedstad, Ole Martin ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JACOBS TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ice ocean modeling; sea ice forecasting

Indexed keywords

AMSR-E; FORECASTING METHOD; ICE CORE; ICE DRIFT; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84958051493     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JC011283     Document Type: Article

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