An instability theory of ice--air interaction for the migration of the marginal ice zone

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Author: Chu, P. C.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1986
• Subjects: Articles; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Greenland; Schwerdtfeger; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/86/3/863; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1986.tb00665.x

A guided discharge of ice into the belt of subpolar and midlatitude westerlies from the polar region is observed near the east side of both the Antarctic Peninsula and Greenland. Meteorological observations (Schwerdtfeger) show that moderate to strong southerly surface winds often develop along the...