Sea ice control of water isotope transport to Antarctica and implications for ice core interpretation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Noone, David ^a   Simmonds, Ian ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ice core; Sea ice; Water isotope; Water transport

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE FORCING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SEA ICE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 18544395599     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd004228     Document Type: Article

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