Estimation of ice shelf melt rate in the presence of a thermohaline staircase

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 133-148

  Kimura, Satoshi ^a   Nicholls, Keith W ^a   Venables, Emily ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Ice thickness; Latent heating cooling; Physical Meteorology and Climatology

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; MELTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STAIRS;

DIFFUSIVE CONVECTION; DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE CONVECTION; FLUX PARAMETERIZATION; ICE THICKNESS; LATENT HEATING/COOLING; THERMOHALINE STAIRCASE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER MASS DISTRIBUTIONS;

ICE;

COOLING; DOUBLE DIFFUSION; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; ICE SHELF; ICE THICKNESS; MELTING; SEA ICE; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE;

ANTARCTICA; GEORGE VI ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84920869067     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0106.1     Document Type: Article

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