Surface energy budget on Larsen and Wilkins ice shelves in the Antarctic Peninsula: Results based on reanalyses in 1989-2010

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1519-1538

  Valisuo I ^a,b   Vihma, T ^a   King, J C ^c  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENERGY BUDGET; ICE SHELF; MELTING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE FLUX;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84924962603     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-1519-2014     Document Type: Article

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