Revising the Bering Strait freshwater flux into the Arctic Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Woodgate, Rebecca A ^a   Aagaard, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUXES; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

FRESHWATER CYCLE; FRESHWATER FLUXES; HYDROGRAPHY; OCEAN STRATIFICATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COASTAL CURRENT; FRESHWATER INPUT; STRAIT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING STRAIT; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 16344376952     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021747     Document Type: Article

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