Understanding the growth and convective instability of mushy layers, with application to young sea ice
Sea ice is salt-water ice which forms at the poles when the oceans solidify, and it plays a vital role in polar climate and ecosystems. In particular, the salt fluxes from growing sea ice are a major contributor to the cold halocline in the Arctic, and to the Arctic and Southern Ocean circulations m...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Published: |
University of Oxford
2017
|
| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.748885 |