Sea ice salinity and structure: A winter time series of salinity and its distribution

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Gough, A J ^a   Mahoney, A R ^b   Langhorne, P J ^a   Williams, M J M ^c   Haskell, T G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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

^d CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATELETS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES;

ANTARCTIC SEA ICE; ICE SAMPLES; ICE SHELVES; ICE STRUCTURES; ICE-WATER INTERFACES; PERCOLATION THEORY; SEA ICE FORMATIONS; SEA ICE MODELS; SEA ICE SALINITY; SPATIAL FIELDS; WINTER TIME;

SEA ICE;

FLUID FLOW; ICE SHELF; PARAMETERIZATION; PERCOLATION; SALINITY; SEA ICE; TIME SERIES; WINTER;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND;

EID: 84863393859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007527     Document Type: Article

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