Summer-winter transitions in Antarctic ponds I: The physical environment

Antarctic Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-242

  Hawes, Ian ^a   Safi, Karl ^b   Sorrell, Brian ^c   Webster Brown, Jenny ^a   Arscott, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

conductivity; ice formation; irradiance; McMurdo Ice Shelf

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CONDUCTIVITY; FREEZING; ICE SHELF; ICE THICKNESS; IRRADIANCE; MELTWATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; VOLUME; WATER COLUMN; WINTER;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO ICE SHELF;

EID: 79958859510     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102011000046     Document Type: Article

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