A simple model of the ice shelf-ocean boundary layer and current

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1785-1803

  Jenkins, Adrian ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottom currents; Buoyancy; Circulation Dynamics; Density currents; Ekman pumping transport; Geographic location entity; Ice shelves; Models and modeling; Single column models

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RANGE FINDING;

BOTTOM CURRENT; DENSITY CURRENTS; EKMAN PUMPING/TRANSPORT; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; ICE SHELVES; SINGLE-COLUMN MODEL;

ICE;

BASAL MELTING; BOTTOM CURRENT; BOUNDARY LAYER; BUOYANCY; DENSITY CURRENT; EKMAN LAYER; EKMAN PUMPING; EKMAN TRANSPORT; ICE SHELF;

EID: 84975302931     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-15-0194.1     Document Type: Article

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