Storm-induced sea-ice breakup and the implications for ice extent

Nature

Volumn 509, Issue 7502, 2014, Pages 604-607

  Kohout, A L ^a   Williams, M J M ^a   Dean, S M ^a   Meylan, M H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ICE BREAKUP; SEA ICE; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE HEIGHT;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY; HURRICANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEA ICE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TSUNAMI;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE; ICE COVER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; TIDAL WAVES;

EID: 84901627344     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13262     Document Type: Article

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