Evolution of the Arctic Ocean salinity, 2007-08: Contrast between the Canadian and the Eurasian Basins

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1705-1717

  Lique, Camille ^a   Garric, Gilles ^b   Treguier, Anne Marie ^c   Barnier, Bernard ^d   Ferry, Nicolas ^a   Testut, Charles Emmanuel ^a   Girard Ardhuin, Fanny ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b MERCATOR OCÉAN   (France)

^c Centre Bretagne   (France)

^d LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

Arctic; Freshwater; Gyres; Ocean circulation; Salinity; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; FRESHWATER; GYRES; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SALINITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GLOBAL OCEAN; GYRE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SALINITY; SEA ICE; SNOWMELT;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT; CANADA BASIN; EURASIAN BASIN; FRAM STRAIT; LABRADOR SEA; NORTH CAROLINA; NORWEGIAN SEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955128713     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3762.1     Document Type: Article

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