A comparison between polynya area and associated ice production with mooring-based measurements of temperature, salinity and currents in the southwestern Ross Sea, Antarctica

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 52, Issue 57 PART 2, 2011, Pages 291-300

  Kern, Stefan ^a   Aliani, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE THICKNESS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; MOORING SYSTEM; OCEANIC CURRENT; OPEN WATER; SALINITY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ICE COVER; ICE MECHANICS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLYNYA; WINTER;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TERRA NOVA BAY;

EID: 79958121805     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756411795931705     Document Type: Article

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