Observations of thermohaline convection adjacent to Brunt Ice Shelf

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 502-508

  Fer, Ilker ^a   Makinson, Keith ^b   Nicholls, Keith W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ice shelves; Mixing; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BRUNT ICE SHELVES; DISSIPATION RATES; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE FORMATIONS; ICE NUCLEATION; ICE SHELVES; IN-SITU; SUPERCOOLED WATER; THERMOHALINE; WEDDELL SEA;

MIXING; OCEAN CURRENTS; SUPERCOOLING; TURBULENCE;

ICE;

ICE CRYSTAL; ICE SHELF; MIXING; SUPERCOOLING; THERMAL CONVECTION; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; TURBULENCE;

ANTARCTICA; BRUNT ICE SHELF; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84861467179     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0211.1     Document Type: Article

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