Simulated variability of the arctic ocean freshwater balance 1948-2001

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1628-1644

  Köberle, Cornelia ^a   Gerdes, Rüdiger ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; INTERANNUAL FREQUENCY; OCEAN FRESHWATER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SEAWATER;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; FRESHWATER; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; MELTWATER; SEA ICE; WATER BUDGET;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; FRAM STRAIT;

EID: 34250706905     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3063.1     Document Type: Article

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