Arctic Ocean freshwater changes over the past 100 years and their causes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 364-384

  Polyakov, Igor V ^a   Alexeev, V A ^a   Belchansky, G I ^b   Dmitrenko, I A ^a   Ivanov, V V ^a   Kirillov, S A ^c   Korablev, A A ^c   Steele, M ^d   Timokhov, L A ^c   Yashayaev, I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA ICE; SEAWATER; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; FRESHWATER LOSS; OCEAN FRESHWATER; SALINIFICATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COUPLING; DECADAL VARIATION; FRESHWATER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SALINITY; SEA ICE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 40849102909     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1748.1     Document Type: Article

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