Dense water formation and circulation in the Barents Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 801-817

  Arthun M ^a,b   Ingvaldsen, R B ^b,c   Smedsrud, L H ^b,d   Schrum, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d Uni Research AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents sea; Cold Deep Water; Dense water; HAMSOM; Ocean modeling; Sea ice; Water mass transformation

Indexed keywords

BARENTS SEA; DEEP WATER; DENSE WATER; HAMSOM; OCEAN MODELING; WATER MASS TRANSFORMATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE; MOORING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHASE INTERFACES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STREAM FLOW;

SEAWATER;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; COLD WATER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DENSE WATER; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SALINITY; SEA ICE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; THROUGHFLOW; WATER MASS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

EID: 79960449588     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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