Volume and freshwater transports through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago-Baffin Bay system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Rudels, Bert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BAROCLINIC TRANSPORT; BAROTROPIC; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; CONTROL SECTIONS; DAVIS STRAIT; DENSITY DIFFERENCE; FRESHWATER TRANSPORTS; GREENLAND; LABRADOR SEA; LEVEL DIFFERENCE; MASS BALANCE; POLAR WATERS; UPPER LAYER; WATER COLUMNS; WEST GREENLAND CURRENTS;

RIVERS;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; ICE CAP; MASS BALANCE; MELTING; OUTFLOW; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; VOLUME; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; DAVIS STRAIT; LABRADOR SEA; NARES STRAIT;

EID: 80755126994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007019     Document Type: Article

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