Ocean variability contributing to basal melt rate near the ice front of Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4214-4233

  Arzeno, Isabella B ^a   Beardsley, Robert C ^b   Limeburner, Richard ^b   Owens, Breck ^b   Padman, Laurie ^c   Springer, Scott R ^d   Stewart, Craig L ^e   Williams, Michael J M ^e,f  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Earth and Space Research   (United States)

^d EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCH   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

0728 Ice shelves; 4207 Arctic and Antarctic oceanography

Indexed keywords

MOORING;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; BAROTROPIC CURRENTS; CURRENT VELOCITY; DIURNAL COMPONENT; ICE SHELVES; ICE SURFACE ELEVATION; ROSS ICE SHELVES; WATER VELOCITIES;

ICE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BASAL MELTING; ESTIMATION METHOD; ICE SHELF; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84906082922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC009792     Document Type: Article

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