Modelling the mass balance and salinity of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice
Ice formed from seawater, called sea ice, is both an important actor in and a sensitive indicator of climate change. Covering 7% of the World Ocean, sea ice damps the atmosphere-ocean exchanges of heat, radiation and momentum in polar regions. It also affects the oceanic circulation at a global scal...
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Universite catholique de Louvain
2008
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| Online Access: | http://edoc.bib.ucl.ac.be:81/ETD-db/collection/available/BelnUcetd-02252008-180131/ |