Recent trends in Arctic Ocean mass distribution revealed by GRACE

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Morison, James ^a   Wahr, John ^b   Kwok, Ron ^c   Peralta Ferriz, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SALINE WATER; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANTICYCLONIC STATE; MASS DISTRIBUTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM PRESSURE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SALINITY; SEAFLOOR;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 34250749256     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL029016     Document Type: Article

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