Sea ice velocity in the Fram Strait monitored by moored instruments

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2003, Pages

  Widell, K ^a,b   Osterhus S ^a,c   Gammelsrod T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEA LEVEL;

ICE VELOCITY;

SEA ICE;

ICE THICKNESS; INSTRUMENTATION; MONITORING; SEA ICE; VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; FRAM STRAIT;

EID: 17744421225     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018119     Document Type: Article

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