Barents Sea upstream events impact the properties of Atlantic water inflow into the Arctic Ocean: Evidence from 2005 to 2006 downstream observations

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 513-527

  Dmitrenko, Igor A ^a   Bauch, Dorothea ^a   Kirillov, Sergey A ^b   Koldunov, Nikolay ^c,d   Minnett, Peter J ^e   Ivanov, Vladimir V ^f   Hölemann, Jens A ^g   Timokhov, Leonid A ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL ON EARTH SYSTEM MODELLING   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^g ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Atlantic water; Barents Sea water inflow; Ice and atmospheric forcing

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COOLING SYSTEMS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; ICE; ICEBREAKERS; ISOTOPES; MOORING; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC WATER; BARENTS SEA WATER INFLOW; BARENTS SEAS; CONTINENTAL SLOPES; CTD DATUM; FRAM STRAITS; KARA SEAS; MERIDIONAL WINDS; OBSERVATIONAL DATUM; OFF SHORES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; REFERENCE POINTS; RESIDENCE TIME; SEA-ICE; STABLE OXYGEN ISOTOPES; WIND PATTERNS;

RIVERS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; COOLING; INFLOW; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SATURATION; WARMING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; KARA SEA;

EID: 61549136388     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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