Signatures of supercooling: McMurdo Sound platelet ice

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 58, Issue 207, 2012, Pages 38-50

  Gough, Alexander J ^a   Mahoney, Andrew R ^a,d   Langhorne, Pat J ^a   Williams, Michael J M ^b   Robinson, Natalie J ^a,b   Haskell, Tim G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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

^c CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; HEAT FLUX; ICE COVER; ICE CRYSTAL; ICE MECHANICS; ICE SHELF; ICE THICKNESS; LOW TEMPERATURE; SEA ICE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84858427526     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012JoG10J218     Document Type: Article

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