Articles | Volume 13, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4845-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4845-2020
Methods for assessment of models
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09 Oct 2020
Methods for assessment of models |  | 09 Oct 2020

Using Arctic ice mass balance buoys for evaluation of modelled ice energy fluxes

Alex West, Mat Collins, and Ed Blockley

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This study calculates sea ice energy fluxes from data produced by ice mass balance buoys...
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