The importance of wind-blown snow redistribution to snow accumulation on Bellingshausen Sea ice

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 52, Issue 57 PART 2, 2011, Pages 271-278

  Leonard, Katherine C ^a,b   Maksym, Ted ^c  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

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

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOWING SNOW; MASS BALANCE; SEA ICE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; ICE COVER; ICE DRIFT; ICE FLOW; ICE MOVEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FORCING; WIND VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79958141005     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756411795931651     Document Type: Article

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