The melting of ice in the arctic ocean: The influence of Double-Diffusive transport of heat from below

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 249-256

  Turner, J S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC BASIN; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC WATER; ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS; CYCLIC BEHAVIOR; DIFFUSIVE TRANSPORT; DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE CONVECTION; FLOATING ICE; HEAT CONTENTS; LABORATORY MODELS; MELTING RATES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL HEAT; SALTY WATER; SOLAR INPUT; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS; WARM WATER;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; METAL MELTING; MOORING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EXPERIMENTS;

BASAL MELTING; CYCLICITY; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 77953248031     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4279.1     Document Type: Article

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