Connections among ice, runoff and atmospheric forcing in the Beaufort Gyre

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2223-2226

  Macdonald, R W ^a   Carmack, E C ^a   McLaughlin, F A ^a   Falkner, K K ^b   Swift, J H ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; RUNOFF; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE; STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; GYRE; RUNOFF; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BEAUFORT SEA; ICE CONDITIONS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; REGIME SHIFT; RIVER WATER;

EID: 0033457283     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900508     Document Type: Article

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