The circulation, water masses and sea-ice of Baffin Bay

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 183-228

  Tang, Charles C L ^a   Ross, Charles K ^a   Yao, Tom ^a   Petrie, Brian ^a   DeTracey, Brendan M ^a   Dunlap, Ewa ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baffin Bay; Circulation; Current meter data; Davis Strait; Sea ice; Water masses

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA ICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CYCLONIC CIRCULATION; HYDROGRAPHIC DATA; VELOCITY FIELDS; WATER MASSES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SALINITY; SEA ICE; STRAIT; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

JONES;

EID: 12944254333     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2004.09.005     Document Type: Review

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