Iceberg-induced changes to polynya operation and regional oceanography in the southern Ross Sea, Antarctica, from in situ observations

Antarctic Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 514-526

  Robinson, N J ^a,b   Williams, M J M ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ice shelf water; ice ocean interaction; iceberg perturbation; McMurdo Sound; ocean circulation

Indexed keywords

ICE SHELF; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; ICEBERG; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PERTURBATION; POLAR REGION; SURFACE WATER; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84866365178     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102012000296     Document Type: Article

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