Modeling the formation and fate of the near-surface temperature maximum in the Canadian Basin of the Arctic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Steele, Michael ^a   Ermold, Wendy ^a   Zhang, Jinlun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SEA ICE; SUN;

ABSORPTION OF SOLAR RADIATION; ARCTIC OCEAN; DOWN-WELLING; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL MODELS; PACIFIC WATER; SEA-ICE COVER; SUBSURFACE LAYER; WINTER MIXED LAYERS;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ABSORPTION; ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CONVERGENCE; EKMAN LAYER; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81255211105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006803     Document Type: Article

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