An optimized estimate of glacial melt from the Ross Ice Shelf using noble gases, stable isotopes, and CFC transient tracers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Loose, B ^a,b   Schlosser, P ^a,b,c   Smethie, W M ^a   Jacobs, S ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HELIUM; INERT GASES; ISOTOPES; NEON; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER ANALYSIS;

AUSTRAL SUMMERS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN MEASUREMENTS; FLOATING ICE; FREE WATER; GLACIAL ICE; GLACIAL MELTWATER; HIGH CONCENTRATION; ICE SHELVES; MELT RATE; MULTIPARAMETER ANALYSIS; NOBLE GAS; ROSS ICE SHELVES; ROSS SEA; STABLE ISOTOPES; TRANSIENT TRACERS; TRANSIT-TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER MASS; WATER RESIDENCE TIME;

ICE;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER FLOW; ICE SHELF; MELTWATER; NOBLE GAS; RESIDENCE TIME; SALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 73949109338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005048.     Document Type: Article

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