Late winter water column and sea ice conditions in the northern Bering Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Clement, Jaclyn L ^a   Cooper, Lee W ^b   Grebmeier, Jacqueline M ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Oxygen isotopes; Polynya; Sea ice; Sediment chlorophyll; St. Lawrence Island

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; POLYNYA; SALINITY; SEA ICE; WATER COLUMN; WINTER;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 18544409593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc002047     Document Type: Article

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