The western Arctic boundary current at 152°W: Structure, variability, and transport

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1164-1181

  Nikolopoulos, Anna ^a   Pickart, Robert S ^a   Fratantoni, Paula S ^a   Shimada, Koji ^b   Torres, Daniel J ^a   Jones, E Peter ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Atlantic water; Beaufort Sea; Boundary currents; Chukchi Sea; Pacific water; Polar oceanography; Shelf edge dynamics; Volume transport

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC WATER; BEAUFORT SEA; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; CHUKCHI SEA; PACIFIC WATER; POLAR OCEANOGRAPHY; SHELF-EDGE DYNAMICS; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; DYNAMICS; MOORING; OCEAN ENGINEERING; STORMS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CURRENT VELOCITY; POLAR REGION; SHELF BREAK; VELOCITY PROFILE; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CHUKCHI SEA;

EID: 67649411599     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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