Interactions of wind-transported snow with a rift in the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Leonard, Katherine C ^a   Tremblay, L Bruno ^a,b   MacAyeal, Douglas R ^c   Jacobs, Stanley S ^a  

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

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SUBSIDENCE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WIND EFFECTS;

BASAL MELTING; ICE FRONTS;

SNOW;

ICE SHELF; ICEBERG CALVING; MELTING; SALTATION; SNOW; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 43549094714     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL033005     Document Type: Article

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