Temperature variability beneath Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica, from thermistor cables

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C1, 1996, Pages 1199-1210

  Nicholls, Keith W ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE SHELVES; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMISTOR CABLES;

ANTARCTICA, RONNE ICE SHELF;

EID: 0029729292     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JC02679     Document Type: Article

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