New oceanographic data from beneath Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-170

  Nicholls, K W ^a   Makinson, K ^a   Johnson, M R ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CURRENT METERS; INSTRUMENT MOORING; RONNE ICE SHELF; WATER CURRENT;

SEA ICE;

BENEATH SHELF; ICE SHELVES; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; WATER MASSES;

WEDDELL SEA, RONNE ICE SHELF;

EID: 0030993082     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03922     Document Type: Article

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