Evolution of supercooling under coastal Antarctic sea ice during winter

Antarctic Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 399-409

  Leonard, Gregory H ^a   Langhorne, Patricia J ^a   Williams, Michael J M ^b   Vennell, Ross ^a   Purdie, Craig R ^a   Dempsey, David E ^a,d   Haskell, Timothy G ^c   Frew, Russell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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

^c CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

frazil ice; ice shelf; McMurdo Sound; oxygen isotope ratio; platelet ice

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; FREEZING; ICE COVER; ICE SHELF; ICE THICKNESS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SALINITY; SEA ICE; SUPERCOOLING; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER COLUMN; WINTER;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO ICE SHELF;

EID: 80155160482     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102011000265     Document Type: Article

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