On the difficulty of modeling Circumpolar Deep Water intrusions onto the Amundsen Sea continental shelf

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-34

  Nakayama, Y ^a   Timmermann, R ^a   Schroder M ^a   Hellmer, H H ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amundsen Sea; Circumpolar Deep Water; Finite Element Sea ice ice shelf Ocean Model; Ice shelf basal melting

Indexed keywords

AMUNDSEN SEA; BASAL MELTING; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEEP WATER; ICE SHELVES;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP WATER; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ICE SHELF; ICEBERG; SEA ICE; WATER MASS;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84908095683     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2014.09.007     Document Type: Article

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