Contrasts in sea ice deformation and production in the Arctic seasonal and perennial ice zones

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Kwok, Ron ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DEFORMATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BOUNDARY LAYER; DEFORMATION; OVERTURN; SEA ICE; UPWELLING;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 34548549275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003246     Document Type: Article

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