Observations of platelet ice growth and oceanographic conditions during the winter of 2003 in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Leonard, Greg H ^a   Purdie, Craig R ^a   Langhorne, P J ^a   Haskell, T G ^b   Williams, M J M ^c   Frew, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FREEZING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NUCLEATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SEAWATER;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ICE COVER; ICE CRYSTAL; OCEANOGRAPHY; WINTER;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND;

EID: 33745035503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC002952     Document Type: Article

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