Two years of oceanic observations below the Fimbul Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Hattermann, Tore ^a   Nst, Ole Anders ^a   Lilly, Jonathan M ^b   Smedsrud, Lars H ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FREEZING; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MELTING; REMOTE SENSING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTIC COASTS; ANTARCTIC ICE SHELVES; ANTARCTICA; BASAL MELTING; COASTAL CURRENTS; DEEP OCEAN; DEEP WATER; FRESH SURFACES; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELVES; MASS BALANCE ESTIMATES; MELT RATE; PARAMETERIZED; SOLAR FORCING; SURFACE FREEZING; TWO SOURCES; WARM WATER; WEDDELL SEA;

ICE;

DATA SET; DEEP SEA; FREEZING; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; FIMBUL ICE SHELF;

EID: 84862885136     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051012     Document Type: Article

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