Modelling the impact of ocean warming on melting and water masses of ice shelves in the Eastern Weddell Sea

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 479-489

  Thoma, Malte ^a,b   Grosfeld, Klaus ^b   Makinson, Keith ^c   Lange, Manfred A ^d  

^a BAVARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Brunt ice shelf; Ice ocean interaction; Numerical ocean modelling; Ocean warming; Riiser Larsen ice shelf; Weddell sea

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ICE SHELVES; OCEAN MODELLING; OCEAN WARMING; WEDDELL SEA;

OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ICE;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; CLIMATE EFFECT; FRESHWATER INPUT; ICE SHELF; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; INFLOW; MELTING; SALINITY; SHELF BREAK; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WARMING; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 77954816702     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-010-0262-x     Document Type: Article

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