Joint effects of boundary currents and thermohaline intrusions on the warming of Atlantic water in the Canada Basin, 1993-2007

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  McLaughlin, Fiona A ^a   Carmack, Eddy C ^a   Williams, William J ^a   Zimmermann, Sarah ^a   Shimada, Koji ^b   Itoh, Motoyo ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOORING; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

ATLANTIC WATER; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; CANADA BASIN; FRAM STRAIT; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; JOINT EFFECT; PAN-ARCTIC; SPREADING RATE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMOHALINE INTRUSION; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GYRE; PHYSICAL ANALYSIS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN; CHUKCHI SEA; CHUKCHI SHELF; FRAM STRAIT;

EID: 72049087538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005001     Document Type: Article

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