Iceberg trajectory modeling and meltwater injection in the Southern Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C9, 2001, Pages 19903-19915

  Gladstone, Rupert M ^a   Bigg, Grant R ^a   Nicholls, Keith W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICEBERG; MELTWATER; MODELING; TRAJECTORY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0034770726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000347     Document Type: Article

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