Effect of critical latitude and seasonal stratification on tidal current profiles along Ronne Ice Front, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Makinson, Keith ^a   Schröder, Michael ^b   Øterhus, Svein ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TIDES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CORIOLIS FORCE; ICE SHELF; OCEANIC FRONT; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL CONSTITUENT; TIDAL CURRENT; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTICA; RONNE ICE SHELF; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33646493306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003062     Document Type: Article

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