Circulation, dense water formation, and outflow on the northeast Chukchi shelf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3334, 1998, Pages 7647-7661

  Weingartner, Thomas J ^a,c   Cavalieri, Donald J ^b   Aagaard, Knut ^c,d   Sasaki, Yasunori ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; OUTFLOW; SALINITY; SEA ICE; TEMPERATURE; WATER MASSES;

BERING STRAIT; CHUKCHI SEA;

EID: 0032521975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc00374     Document Type: Article

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