Early winter ice and snow thickness distribution, ice structure and development of the western Ross Sea pack ice between the ice edge and the Ross Ice Shelf

Antarctic Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 188-200

  Jeffries, Martin O ^a   Adolphs, Ute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Congelation and snow ice; Frazil; Ice thickness; Ross Sea

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT; EARLY WINTER; FIRST YEAR; ICE; ICE THICKNESS; PACK ICE; SEA ICE; SNOW THICKNESS;

ROSS SEA;

EID: 0030618586     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102097000242     Document Type: Article

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