Mapping of sea ice production for Antarctic coastal polynyas

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Tamura, Takeshi ^a   Ohshima, Kay I ^a   Nihashi, Sohey ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEA ICE; WELL STIMULATION;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION; ANTARCTIC OCEAN; ANTARCTICA; BOTTOM WATER (BW); DENSE WATERS; FLUX CONDITIONS; ICE PRODUCTION; ICE THICKNESS; PRODUCTION AREAS; ROSS ICE SHELF (RIS); SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE PRODUCTION; SOUTHERN OCEAN (SO);

ICE;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; HEAT FLUX; ICE THICKNESS; MAPPING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 45549098694     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032903     Document Type: Article

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