The ice-thickness distribution of Unteraargletscher, Switzerland
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Theory of the Sea Ice Thickness Distribution.
We use concepts from statistical physics to transform the original evolution equation for the sea ice thickness distribution g(h) from Thorndike et al. into a Fokker-Planck-like conservation law. The steady solution is g(h)=N(q)h(q)e(-h/H), where q and H are expressible in terms of moments over the transition probabilities between thickness categories. The solution exhibits the functional form ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Glaciology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0260-3055,1727-5644
DOI: 10.3189/172756403781815852