Mass, heat and salt balances in the eastern Barents Sea obtained by inversion of hydrographic section data

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 613-623

  Panteleev, Gleb ^a,b   Ikeda, Motoyoshi ^a   Grotov, Alex ^b   Nechaev, Dmitri ^b,c   Yaremchuk, Max ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; Circulation; Data assimilation

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; HEAT BALANCE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; SALINITY; VELOCITY PROFILE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

EID: 4344661062     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOCE.0000038353.37993.e1     Document Type: Article

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