Transport of spring floodwater from rivers under ice to the Alaskan Beaufort Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Alkire, Matthew B ^a,b   Trefry, John H ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOODS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW OF WATER; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE;

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE FRONT; FLOOD; HALOCLINE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447559775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003446     Document Type: Article

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