Morphology of deformed first-year sea ice features in the Southern Ocean

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 141-163

  Tin, Tina ^a   Jeffries, Martin O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Pressure ridges; Rafting; Ridging; Ross Sea; Rubble piles; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MORPHOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ICE DEFORMATION;

SEA ICE;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ICE THICKNESS; MORPHOLOGY; SEA ICE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0037345580     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-232X(03)00008-9     Document Type: Article

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