Dynamic topography of the ice-covered Arctic Ocean from ICESat

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Kwok, R ^a   Morison, J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

ARCTIC BASIN; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BEAUFORT SEA; DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; GEOSTROPHIC VELOCITY FIELDS; HYDRODYNAMIC PROCESS; INTERANNUAL; MEAN FIELD; OCEAN TOPOGRAPHY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE FIELDS; SPATIAL COHERENCE; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME-SCALES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; ICE COVER; ICESAT; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEASONALITY; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 79551586926     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046063     Document Type: Article

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