The spreading of a buoyant plume beneath a landfast ice cover

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 478-494

  Kasper, Jeremy L ^a,b   Weingartner, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FRICTION;

BUOYANT PLUME; FRESHWATER FLUXES; FRICTIONAL COUPLINGS; FRICTIONAL SHEAR; REGIONAL OCEAN MODELING SYSTEM; RIVER DISCHARGE; SUBSURFACE VELOCITY; VERTICAL MIXING;

ICE;

ANTICYCLONE; EKMAN LAYER; ICE COVER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE; STEADY FLOW;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 84922972002     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0101.1     Document Type: Article

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