Atmospheric controlled freshwater release at the Laptev Sea continental margin

Polar Research

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages

  Bauch, Dorothea ^a   Gröger, Matthias ^b   Dmitrenko, Igor ^a   Hölemann, Jens ^c   Kirillov, Sergey ^d   Mackensen, Andreas ^c   Taldenkova, Ekatarina ^e   Andersen, Nils ^f  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean halocline; Atmospheric forcing; Laptev Sea; Stable isotopes; Water masses

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FRESHWATER; HALOCLINE; HYDROLOGY; MELTWATER; OUTFLOW; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RIVER WATER; SALINITY; SEA ICE; STABLE ISOTOPE; VORTICITY; WATER MASS; WIND FORCING; ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; SUMMER; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

AMUNDSEN BASIN; ARCTIC OCEAN; EURASIAN BASIN; LAPTEV SEA; NANSEN BASIN;

EID: 79956109962     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/polar.v30i0.5858     Document Type: Article

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