Wind-driven transport pathways for Eurasian Arctic river discharge

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C6, 2001, Pages 11469-11480

  Guay, Christopher K H ^a,d   Falkner, Kelly Kenison ^a   Muench, Robin D ^b   Mensch, Manfred ^c   Frank, Markus ^c   Bayer, Reinhold ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOCLINE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SURFACE WATER; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034928192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000261     Document Type: Article

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