Sea ice and snow cover characteristics during the winter-spring transition in the Bellingshausen Sea: An overview of SIMBA 2007

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1019-1038

  Lewis, M J ^a,b   Tison, J L ^c   Weissling, B ^a   Delille, B ^d   Ackley, S F ^a   Brabant, F ^c   Xie, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air ice ocean interaction; Antarctic sea ice; Antarctica; Bellingshausen Sea; International Polar Year (IPY); Sea ice properties; Sea ice thermodynamics; Snow properties

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC SEA ICE; ANTARCTICA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR (IPY); SEA ICE PROPERTIES; SNOW PROPERTIES;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE;

SNOW;

AIR-ICE INTERACTION; HEAT FLUX; ICE BREAKUP; ICE CORE; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; MASS BALANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; THERMODYNAMICS;

BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BELGICA;

EID: 79954454028     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.027     Document Type: Article

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