Antarctic icebergs melt over the Southern Ocean : Climatology and impact on sea ice

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 104, Issue , 2016, Pages 99-110

  Merino, Nacho ^a,b   Le Sommer, Julien ^a,b   Durand, Gael ^a,b   Jourdain, Nicolas C ^a,b   Madec, Gurvan ^c,d   Mathiot, Pierre ^e   Tournadre, Jean ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d NOC   (United Kingdom)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^f Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

Freshwater fluxes; Icebergs; Sea ice; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATERS; WATER;

FRESHWATER FLUXES; FRESHWATER SOURCES; ICEBERGS; MODEL-BASED OPC; REGIONAL PATTERN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTHERN OCEAN; STATE OF THE ART;

ICE;

ALTIMETRY; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; ICEBERG; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84973462043     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2016.05.001     Document Type: Review

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