Intrusion of warm surface water beneath the McMurdo ice shelf, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7036-7048

  Stern, A A ^a   Dinniman, M S ^b   Zagorodnov, V ^c   Tyler, S W ^d   Holland, D M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

ice shelf melting; McMurdo Ice Shelf; McMurdo Sound; mode 3 intrusion

Indexed keywords

MELTING; SEA ICE;

DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING; ICE SHELVES; MCMURDO ICE SHELVES; MCMURDO SOUNDS; MODE 3 INTRUSION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL; VERTICAL RESOLUTION; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

SURFACE WATERS;

ICE SHELF; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLAR REGION; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WARM WATER;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO ICE SHELF; MCMURDO SOUND;

EID: 84893001398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC008842     Document Type: Article

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