The pattern and variability of Antarctic sea-ice drift in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific sectors

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C7, 1999, Pages 15789-15802

  Heil, Petra ^a,c   Allison, Ian ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE MOVEMENT; POLAR REGION; SEA ICE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; INDIAN SECTOR; PACIFIC SECTOR; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0033405493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900076     Document Type: Article

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