Abstract: Statistics of surface and 1000 mb geostrophic winds from the central Arctic are estimated from 18 months of daily analyses and National Meteorological Center numerical forecasts in 1979 and 1980. The data base for the ...

Abstract: A coupled sea ice?ocean model is developed to quantify the sea ice response to changes in atmospheric and oceanic forcing in the Bering Sea over the period 1970?2008. The model captures much of the observed spatiotemporal ...

Abstract: The Community Climate System Model (CCSM) has been created to represent the principal components of the climate system and their interactions. Development and applications of the model are carried out by the U.S. climate ...

Abstract: A summary is presented of the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA) project, with a focus on the field experiment that was conducted from October 1997 to October 1998. The primary objective of the field work was ...