An observational estimate of volume and freshwater flux leaving the Arctic Ocean through Nares Strait

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2025-2041

  Münchow, Andreas ^a   Melling, Humfrey ^b   Falkner, Kelly K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; SALINE WATER; TIDES; WIND EFFECTS;

FRESHWATER FLUX; SALINITY; TIDAL CURRENTS; VOLUME FLUX;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CHANNEL FLOW; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; OCEANIC CURRENT; ROSSBY NUMBER; SALINITY; TIDAL CURRENT;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANADA; GREENLAND; NARES STRAIT; NORTH AMERICA; WORLD;

EID: 33845732256     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2962.1     Document Type: Article

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