On the sensitivity of Southern Ocean sea ice to the surface freshwater flux: A model study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C2, 2001, Pages 2723-2741

  Marsland, S J ^a,b,c   Wolff, J O ^a,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER INPUT; ICE COVER; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; POLYNYA; SEA ICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0035088032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc900086     Document Type: Article

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