Dense water formation on the northwestern shelf of the Okhotsk Sea: 1. Direct observations of brine rejection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1-14

  Shcherbina, Andrey Y ^a   Talley, Lynne D ^a   Rudnick, Daniel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brine rejection; Dense water formation; Okhotsk Sea

Indexed keywords

BRINE; DENSE WATER;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF OKHOTSK; WORLD;

EID: 22944459514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002196     Document Type: Article

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