River runoff, sea ice meltwater, and Pacific water distribution and mean residence times in the Arctic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C5, 2001, Pages 9075-9092

  Ekwurzel, Brenda ^a,c   Schlosser, Peter ^a,d,e   Mortlock, Richard A ^a   Fairbanks, Richard G ^a,d   Swift, James H ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e Mail Code 0214 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOCLINE; MELTWATER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RESIDENCE TIME; RUNOFF; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034947349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000024     Document Type: Article

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