Retreat of the cold halocline layer in the Arctic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C5, 1998, Pages 10419-10435

  Steele, Michael ^a   Boyd, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOCLINE; LAYERS; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032523608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc00580     Document Type: Article

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