Observations of superimposed ice formation at melt-onset on fast ice on Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 28, Issue 28-32, 2003, Pages 1241-1248

  Nicolaus, Marcel ^a   Haas, Christian ^a   Bareiss, Jörg ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Sea ice; Snow properties; Superimposed ice

Indexed keywords

ICE; MELTING; RADIATION EFFECTS; SNOW;

ICE FORMATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

FORMATION MECHANISM; MASS BALANCE; MELT; SEA ICE; SNOW;

KONGSFJORDEN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0242286122     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2003.08.048     Document Type: Article

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