Ice-atmosphere interactions during sea-ice advance and retreat in the western Antarctic Peninsula region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Stammerjohn, S E ^a   Drinkwater, M R ^b   Smith, R C ^c   Liu, X ^d  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c Institute for Computational Earth System Science   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic sea ice; Ice motion; Ice atmosphere interactions; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ICE FLOW; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 1642562763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001543     Document Type: Article

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