Inflow of warm Circumpolar Deep Water in the central Amundsen shelf

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1427-1434

  Wahlin A K ^a   Yuan, X ^b   Bjork G ^a   Nohr, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Currents; Ice loss growth; Ice sheets; Ice shelves; Ship observations

Indexed keywords

AMUNDSEN SEA; BASAL MELTING; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CURRENTS; DEEP WATER; GLACIER ICE; HISTORICAL DATA; ICE SHEET; ICE SHEETS; ICE SHELVES; LOWERED ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; SALTY WATER; WATER MASS;

DOPPLER EFFECT; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SHIPS;

GLACIERS;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP WATER; HEAT FLUX; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; ICE THICKNESS; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; ICEBERG; INFLOW; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PROFILER; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; WARM WATER; WATER MASS;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77955630562     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4431.1     Document Type: Article

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