Tracing freshwater anomalies through the air-land-ocean system: A case study from the Mackenzie River basin and the Beaufort Gyre

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-97

  Rawlins, Michael A ^a   Steele, Michael ^b   Serreze, Mark C ^c   Vörösmarty, Charles J ^d   Ernold, Wendy ^b   Lammers, Richard B ^d   McDonald, Kyle C ^a   Pavelsky, Tamlim M ^e   Shiklomanov, Alexander ^d   Zhang, Jinlun ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPH; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; LAKE LEVEL; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER STORAGE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; MACKENZIE RIVER [NORTHWEST TERRITORIES]; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 68349127336     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/OC301.2009     Document Type: Article

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