Circulation and melting under the Ross Ice Shelf: Estimates from evolving CFC, salinity and temperature fields in the Ross Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 959-978

  Smethie Jr , William M ^a   Jacobs, Stanley S ^a  

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

Author keywords

CFCs; Circulation; Ice shelf; Melting; Salinity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FREEZING; MELTING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATERS;

FREEZING POINT; ICE SHELF WATER (ISW); STREAM TUBE MODELS; WATER COLUMNS;

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS;

CIRCULATION; MELTING;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ROSS ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 19044371985     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.11.016     Document Type: Article

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