Shape and size of Antarctic icebergs derived from ship observation data

Antarctic Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-87

  Romanov, Yuri A ^a   Romanova, Nina A ^a   Romanov, Peter ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

dome shaped; pinnacle; Southern Ocean; tabular; weathered

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEIGHT; ICEBERG; PARAMETERIZATION; SHAPE; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; SIZE; WEATHERING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84856764337     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102011000538     Document Type: Article

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