Sea ice production and export from coastal polynyas in the Weddell and Ross Seas

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 2011, Pages

  Drucker, Robert ^a   Martin, Seelye ^a   Kwok, Ronald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE SENSORS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ICE PRODUCTION; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE SCANNING; ROSS SEA; SEA ICE PRODUCTION; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE/IMAGER; WINTER SEA ICES;

SEA ICE;

AMSR-E; DATA SET; ICE FLOW; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; POLYNYA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 80052703505     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048668     Document Type: Article

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