Impact of increasing Antarctic ice-shelf melting on Southern Ocean hydrography

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 58, Issue 212, 2012, Pages 1191-1200

  Wang, Caixin ^a,b   Wang, Keguang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; CLIMATE MODELING; DEEP WATER; HYDROGRAPHY; ICE SHELF; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MELTING; SEA ICE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WARM WATER;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84874925381     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012JoG12J009     Document Type: Article

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