Sensitivity of the Southern Ocean to enhanced regional Antarctic ice sheet meltwater input

Earth's Future

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 317-329

  Fogwill, C J ^a   Phipps, S J ^a,b   Turney, C S M ^a   Golledge, N R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amundsen Sea; Antarctic Bottom Water; Meltwater; Southern Ocean; West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948579256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23284277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015EF000306     Document Type: Article

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