A simple dynamical model for gravity drainage of brine from growing sea ice

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-311

  Rees Jones, David W ^a   Worster, M Grae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT MECHANISM; DOWNWARD FLOW; DYNAMICAL MODEL; GRAVITY DRAINAGE; IN-LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LINEAR STRUCTURES; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; UPWARD FLOW;

DESALINATION; WATER FILTRATION;

SEA ICE;

BRINE; DESALINATION; GRAVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; LINEARITY; PARAMETERIZATION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84874824123     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL054301     Document Type: Article

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