Observations of flow and ice-ocean interaction beneath the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Robinson, N J ^a,b   Williams, M J M ^a   Barrett, P J ^b   Pyne, A R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATERS; TIME SERIES;

ANTARCTICA; CURRENT PROFILE; DIURNAL TIDES; FRICTION EFFECT; HIGH SALINITY SHELF WATERS; ICE COVER; ICE SHELVES; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; SEA-ICE COVER; SURFACE FREEZING TEMPERATURES; SYNCHRONOUS OBSERVATIONS; TIDAL CURRENTS;

SEAWATER;

CURRENT DIRECTION; ICE COVER; ICE SHELF; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; ICEBERG; SURFACE WATER; TIDAL CURRENT; TIME SERIES;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO ICE SHELF; MCMURDO SOUND;

EID: 77953605670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005255     Document Type: Article

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