Reconstruction of snow/firn thermal diffusivities from observed temperature variation: Application to iceberg C16, Ross Sea, Antarctica, 2004-07

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 49, Issue , 2008, Pages 91-95

  Sergienko, Olga V ^a,b   MacAyeal, Douglas R ^c   Thom, Jonathan E ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIVITY; DIURNAL VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIRN; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; ICEBERG; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MELTING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA ICE; SNOW; SNOWMELT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 58249084181     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756408787814906     Document Type: Article

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