The seasonal variability of the Arctic Ocean Ekman transport and its role in the mixed layer heat and salt fluxes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 5366-5387

  Yang, Jiayan ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER;

ARCTIC OCEAN EKMAN TRANSPORT; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE MOMENTUM FLUX;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BUOY SYSTEM; EKMAN TRANSPORT; HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 33750797517     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3892.1     Document Type: Article

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