Sea ice transports in the Weddell Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C5, 2001, Pages 9057-9073

  Harms, Sabine ^a,b   Fahrbach, Eberhard ^a   Strass, Volker H ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER INPUT; ICE DRIFT; ICE THICKNESS; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; SONAR IMAGERY;

(SOUTH); WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0034946006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000027     Document Type: Article

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