Sea-ice melting processes inferred from ice-upper ocean relationships in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Nihashi, Sohey ^a,b   Ohshima, Kay I ^b   Jeffries, Martin O ^c   Kawamura, Toshiyuki ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELTING; SEA ICE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 19844383738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002235     Document Type: Article

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