The arctic ocean halocline and its interannual variability from 1997 to 2008

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 745-756

  Bourgain, P ^a   Gascard, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Halocline; Physical oceanography; Water masses

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SEA ICE; ATLANTIC WATER; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; BRINE REJECTIONS; BRUNT VAISALA FREQUENCY; CANADA BASIN; CTD DATA; DEEP OCEAN; DRIFTING BUOYS; HALOCLINE; ICE MASS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MIXED LAYER; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY GRADIENTS; SALT CONTENT; SEA ICE FORMATIONS; SMALL-SCALE PROCESS; SPACE VARIABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE SALINITIES; TIME-PERIODS; WATER MASSES;

HEAT FLUX; ICEBREAKERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE; WATER CONTENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DEEP SEA; HALOCLINE; HEAT FLUX; MASS BALANCE; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER MASS;

AMUNDSEN BASIN; ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN; MAKAROV BASIN;

EID: 79957823505     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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