Observations of change in the Southern Ocean

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1844, 2006, Pages 1657-1681

  Jacobs, Stan ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic ice sheet; Decadal variability; Ice shelves and icebergs; Ocean freshening and warming; Sea ice area and extent; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746294647     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1794     Document Type: Article

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