A prognostic model of the sea-ice floe size and thickness distribution

Sea ice exhibits considerable seasonal and longer-term variations in extent, concentration, thickness, and age, and is characterized by a complex and continuously changing distribution of floe sizes and thicknesses, particularly in the marginal ice zone (MIZ). Models of sea ice used in current clima...

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Main Authors: C. Horvat, E. Tziperman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-11-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/2119/2015/tc-9-2119-2015.pdf