Influence of sea ice cover and icebergs on circulation and water mass formation in a numerical circulation model of the Ross Sea, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Dinniman, Michael S ^a   Klinck, John M ^a   Smith Jr , Walker O ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLACIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT BALANCE; ICE COVER; ICEBERG; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 38549110304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC004036     Document Type: Article

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