Spatial continuity of measured seawater and tracer fluxes through Nares Strait, a dynamically wide channel bordering the Canadian Archipelago

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 759-788

  Münchow, Andreas ^a   Falkner, Kelly K ^b   Melling, Humfrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; FLUX MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ROSSBY NUMBER; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACER; VOLUME; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; FRAM STRAIT; GREENLAND; NARES STRAIT; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 44449179230     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224007784219048     Document Type: Article

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