Contribution of giant icebergs to the Southern Ocean freshwater flux

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Silva, T A M ^a   Bigg, G R ^a   Nicholls, K W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA ICE; SNOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTUARINE FRONT; ICEBERG; ICEBERG CALVING; MELTWATER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW ACCUMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 33646475526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002843     Document Type: Article

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