Dynamics of transport of "Atlantic signature" in the Arctic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C13, 1998, Pages 31003-31015

  Nazarenko, Larissa ^a,b,c   Holloway, Greg ^a   Tausnev, Nickolay ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF NORTH INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEA ICE; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 0032535489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900017     Document Type: Article

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