Numerical simulation of the Filchner overflow

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Wilchinsky, Alexander V ^a   Feltham, Daniel L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MOORING; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; BEST FIT; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DOWNSLOPE; ICE SHELF WATERS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; OCEAN MODEL; PLUME SHAPES; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; TEMPERATURE OBSERVATIONS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; THERMOBARICITY; UNSTABLE STRUCTURES; WEDDELL SEA;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; FLOW MODELING; ICE SHELF; MOORING SYSTEM; PLUME; SHELF BREAK; SUBMARINE RIDGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 77949355833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005013     Document Type: Article

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