The role of the atmospheric circulation in the record minimum extent of open water in the Ross Sea in the 2003 austral summer

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-97

  Harangozo, S A ^a   Connolley, W M ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ICE DRIFT; OPEN WATER; SEA ICE;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 33645956558     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/ao.440106     Document Type: Article

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