Cosmonaut polynya in the Southern Ocean: Structure and variability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C8, 1996, Pages 18297-18313

  Comiso, Josefino C ^a   Gordon, Arnold L ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMATION; POLYNYAS; STRUCTURE; VARIABILITY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN, COSMONAUT POLYNYA;

EID: 0030477090     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC01500     Document Type: Article

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