Seasonal variations of sea ice and ocean circulation in the Bering Sea: A model-data fusion study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Wang, Jia ^a   Hu, Haoguo ^b   Mizobata, Kohei ^c   Saitoh, Sei Ichi ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE; WATER INJECTION;

ANNUAL MEAN; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BAROTROPIC STRUCTURES; BERING SEA; BERING STRAIT; COASTAL CURRENTS; DENSE WATERS; DOWN-WELLING; DOWNSCALING PROCESS; HEAT TRANSPORT; ICE-OCEAN MODELS; LOW TEMPERATURES; NARROW STRIPS; NUTRIENT-RICH WATER; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OUT OF PHASE; SALINITY WATER; SALTY WATER; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SEA-ICE COVER; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH-WESTERLY WINDS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE/IMAGER; SUMMER UPWELLING; SURFACE OCEAN; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WAVE MIXING; WEST COAST; WIND FORCING;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COASTAL CURRENT; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE COVER; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POLYNYA; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SSM-I; UPWELLING; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER MASS; WIND WAVE;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 66149167340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004727     Document Type: Article

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