Antarctic coastal polynya response to climate change

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Marsland, Simon J ^a,b   Church, John A ^a,b   Bindoff, N L ^a,b   Williams, Guy D ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; FLOW OF WATER; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA ICE; WIND STRESS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; POLYNYA; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA ICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND STRESS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MERTZ GLACIER; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 34548613135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003291     Document Type: Article

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