A geometric model for the Beaufort/Chukchi Sea thermohaline structure

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 613-632

  Chu, Peter C ^a   Wang, Qianqian ^a,b   Bourke, Robert H ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CHUKCHI SEA;

EID: 0032787033     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<0613:AGMFTB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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