Modeling water mass formation in the Mertz Glacier Polynya and Adélie Depression, East Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Marsland, Simon J ^a,b,c   Bindoff, N L ^a,c,d   Williams, G D ^c,d   Budd, W F ^c,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Modeling; Polynyas; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; OUTFLOW; POLYNYA; SEA ICE; SHELF SEA; WATER MASS;

ADELIE COAST; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 12444269045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002441     Document Type: Article

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