Distribution of convective Lower Halocline Water in the eastern Arctic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Kikuchi, Takashi ^a   Hatakeyama, Kiyoshi ^a   Morison, James H ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Convective Lower Halocline Water; Interannual variability

Indexed keywords

HALOCLINE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 14744302188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002223     Document Type: Article

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