Circulation and water mass transformation in a model of the Chukchi Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Spall, Michael A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BRINES; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINE WATER; SEA ICE; TEMPERATURE;

HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INFLOW; MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SALINITY; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER MASS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARROW; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41049117813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003364     Document Type: Article

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