Modeling the Floe-Size Distribution to Improve the Prediction of Sea Ice in the Marginal Seas

The long-term goal of this project is to improve prediction of sea ice in the marginal seas by simulating the evolution of the floe-size distribution in basin-scale, rheology-type sea ice models. Lateral ablation and sea ice mechanics depend on the size of floes and yet their distribution in present...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bitz, Cecilia M
Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE POLAR SCIENCE CENTER
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2002
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*SEA ICE
MODELS
PREDICTIONS
SIZES(DIMENSIONS)
FLOE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION
MARGINAL SEAS
Ice
permafrost
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA628070
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Summary:The long-term goal of this project is to improve prediction of sea ice in the marginal seas by simulating the evolution of the floe-size distribution in basin-scale, rheology-type sea ice models. Lateral ablation and sea ice mechanics depend on the size of floes and yet their distribution in present-day models is assumed to be homogeneous in space and constant in time.

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