The large-scale freshwater cycle of the Arctic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Serreze, Mark C ^a   Barrett, Andrew P ^a   Slater, Andrew G ^a   Woodgate, Rebecca A ^b   Aagaard, Knut ^b   Lammers, Richard B ^c   Steele, Michael ^b   Moritz, Richard ^b   Meredith, Michael ^d   Lee, Craig M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW OF WATER; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA ICE;

FRESHWATER; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; INFLOW; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BERING SEA; FRAM STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33846123064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003424     Document Type: Article

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