Atmospheric forcing on the Canadian Arctic Archipelago freshwater outflow and implications for the Labrador Sea variability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Houssais, Marie Noëlle ^a   Herbaut, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE; WIND STRESS;

ANOMALY PATTERNS; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC PATTERN; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; FRAM STRAIT; HEAT EXCHANGE; HINDCASTS; LABRADOR SEA; REANALYSIS; SALINITY VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; STRONG SIGNAL; SUBPOLAR GYRES; TWO CHANNEL; WIND STRESS CURL;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; HINDCASTING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OUTFLOW; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; LABRADOR SEA; MCCLURE STRAIT; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 79952771733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006323     Document Type: Article

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