Some thoughts on the freezing and melting of sea ice and their effects on the ocean

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 127-135

  Aagaard, K ^a   Woodgate, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Artic Ocean; Barents Sea; Buoyancy forcing; Convection; Meltwater; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012051723     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1463-5003(01)00005-1     Document Type: Article

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