Supercooled water in an Arctic polynya: Observations and modeling

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 189, 2009, Pages 43-52

  Skogseth, Ragnheid ^a   Nilsen, Frank ^a,b   Smedsrud, Lars H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP WATER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIELD METHOD; FREEZING; HEAT FLUX; HYDROGRAPHY; ICE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLYNYA; SAMPLING; SUPERCOOLING; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; STORFJORDEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 67651152941     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309788608840     Document Type: Article

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