Monitoring ice thickness in Fram Strait

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C5, 1998, Pages 10437-10449

  Vinje, Torgny ^a   Nordlund, Nina ^a   Kvambekk, Ånund ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE THICKNESS; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032523610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc03360     Document Type: Article

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