Sea-ice thickness in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica: A comparison of model and upward-looking sonar data

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2007, Pages 419-427

  Renner, Angelika H H ^a,b   Lytle, Victoria ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE DRIFT; ICE THICKNESS; SEA ICE; SONAR; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

MAUD RISE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 55349104182     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756407782871350     Document Type: Conference Paper

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