Sea ice floe size distribution in the marginal ice zone: Theory and numerical experiments

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3484-3498

  Zhang, Jinlun ^a   Schweiger, Axel ^a   Steele, Michael ^a   Stern, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

modeling floe size distribution

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AIRBORNE SURVEY; FLOATING ICE; HEAT FLUX; ICE BREAKUP; ICE MECHANICS; ICE THICKNESS; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; MASS TRANSFER; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MELTING; MOMENTUM; NUMERICAL METHOD; OCEAN WAVE; POWER LAW; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WAVE; THERMODYNAMICS; WAVE-ICE INTERACTION;

EID: 85027948213     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JC010770     Document Type: Article

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