Two configurations of the Western Arctic Shelfbreak current in summer

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 329-351

  von Appen, Wilken Jon ^a   Pickart, Robert S ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Boundary currents; Continental shelf slope

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; BEAUFORT SEA; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; COASTAL CURRENTS; COASTAL WATERS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; E-FOLDING; MEAN FLOW; MESOSCALE; SPIN-DOWN; SUMMER SEASON; WATER CONFIGURATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; BOUNDARY CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; SHELF BREAK; SUMMER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 80053037231     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-026.1     Document Type: Article

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