Sea ice inertial oscillations in the Arctic Basin

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1187-1201

  Gimbert, F ^a,c   Marsan, D ^b   Weiss, J ^c   Jourdain, N C ^c   Barnier, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AMPLITUDE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSIPATION; ICE DRIFT; ICE THICKNESS; SEA ICE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84870001791     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-1187-2012     Document Type: Article

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