Thermal and haline variability over the central Bering Sea shelf: Seasonal and interannual perspectives

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 539-554

  Danielson, S ^a   Eisner, L ^b   Weingartner, T ^a   Aagaard, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Ekman transport; Interannual variability; Salinity; Seasonal variability; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; COASTAL WATER; EKMAN TRANSPORT; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; MELT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79751521029     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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