Dense shelf water formation process in the Sea of Okhotsk based on an ice-ocean coupled model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Fujisaki, Ayumi ^a,b   Mitsudera, Humio ^c   Yamaguchi, Hajime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; HEAT LOSSES; SEA ICE;

AIR CONDITIONS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL PRODUCTION; BRINE REJECTIONS; COASTAL AREA; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DENSE SHELF WATER; FORMATION PROCESS; HINDCASTS; ICE COVER; ICE PRODUCTION; ICE-OCEAN COUPLED MODEL; SEA OF OKHOTSK; VOLUMETRIC PRODUCTION; WATER DRAG COEFFICIENT;

PRODUCTION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT BALANCE; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLYNYA; VOLUME;

KURIL BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 79952475172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC006007     Document Type: Article

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