Size distribution and shape properties of relatively small sea-ice floes in the Antarctic marginal ice zone in late winter

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1182-1193

  Toyota, Takenobu ^a   Haas, Christian ^b   Tamura, Takeshi ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

East Antarctica; Floe size distribution; Ice melting; Marginal ice zone; Ocean ice atmosphere system; Scale invariance; Sea ice; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

EAST ANTARCTICA; FLOE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ICE MELTING; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; OCEAN-ICE-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; SCALE INVARIANCE; WEDDELL SEA;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; MELTING; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VIDEO CAMERAS;

SEA ICE;

DIGITAL IMAGE; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; SEA ICE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VIDEOGRAPHY; WAVE-ICE INTERACTION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF OKHOTSK; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WILKES LAND;

EID: 79953717236     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.034     Document Type: Article

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