A numerical investigation of the spring Ross Sea polynya

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1015-1018

  Fichefet, T ^a   Goosse, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BATHYMETRY; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEA ICE;

CIRCUMPOLAR DEEP WATER; SALINITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY; ICE;

ICE SHELF; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYNYA;

ROSS SEA;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; ICE CONCENTRATION; ICE-OCEAN MODELS; MODEL RESULTS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; REGIONAL FEATURE; ROSS ICE SHELVES;

EID: 0033560509     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900159     Document Type: Article

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