Changes in the freshwater composition of the upper ocean west of the Antarctic Peninsula during the first decade of the 21st century

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 87, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 127-143

  Meredith, Michael P ^a   Wallace, Margaret I ^a   Stammerjohn, Sharon E ^b   Renfrew, Ian A ^c   Clarke, Andrew ^a   Venables, Hugh J ^a   Shoosmith, Deborah R ^a   Souster, Terri ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA HEAT FLUX; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; COASTAL SITES; DEEP LAYER; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; ICE SEASON; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; KEY FACTORS; MARGUERITE BAY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METEORIC WATERS; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; NEAR-SURFACE; NEAR-SURFACE LAYERS; NEGATIVE VALUES; OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESS; SEA ICE FORMATIONS; SEA ICE PRODUCTION; SEA-ICE COVER; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STABILISATION; STABLE OXYGEN ISOTOPES; UPPER OCEAN; UPPER WATER COLUMN; WATER COLUMNS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; HEAT FLUX; ISOTOPES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; SEA ICE; TIME SERIES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SEAWATER;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FRESHWATER INPUT; GLACIER; HEAT FLUX; MELTING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WARMING; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; MARGUERITE BAY; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 78649801596     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.09.019     Document Type: Article

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