Response of the ross ice shelf, antarctica, to ocean gravity-wave forcing

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 53, Issue 60, 2012, Pages 163-172

  Bromirski, Peter D ^a   Stephen, Ralph A ^b  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; ICE SHELF; ICEBERG; OCEAN WAVE; SEA ICE; SWELL; TSUNAMI; WAVE FORCE; WIND WAVE;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84870516702     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012AoG60A058     Document Type: Article

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