Wind-driven diversion of summer river runoff preconditions the Laptev Sea coastal polynya hydrography: Evidence from summer-to-winter hydrographic records of 2007-2009

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1656-1664

  Dmitrenko, Igor A ^a   Kirillov, Sergey A ^b   Krumpen, Thomas ^c   Makhotin, Mikhail ^b   Povl Abrahamsen, E ^d   Willmes, Sascha ^e   Bloshkina, Ekaterina ^b   Hölemann, Jens A ^c   Kassens, Heidemarie ^a   Wegner, Carolyn ^a  

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

^b ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

River runoff; Siberian shelf; Wind forcing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CYCLONE; DENSE WATER; FLOW PATTERN; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; HYDROGRAPHY; POLYNYA; RUNOFF; SALINITY; STRATIFICATION; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND FORCING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LAPTEV SEA;

EID: 77955770249     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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