On ocean and sea ice modes of variability in the Bering Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Danielson, Seth ^a   Curchitser, Enrique ^b   Hedstrom, Kate ^a   Weingartner, Thomas ^a   Stabeno, Phyllis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; SEA ICE; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BERING SEA; CLIMATE INDEX; CONFIDENCE BOUNDS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUNTER-CLOCKWISE; DEPTH LAYERS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; GULF OF ALASKA; HIGH FREQUENCY; HINDCASTS; ICE CONCENTRATION; INTEGRATION TIME; NEAR-SURFACE; NORTH PACIFIC; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; POWER-SPECTRA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SALINITY FIELDS; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; THERMOHALINE;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA ACQUISITION; GYRE; HINDCASTING; MODE WATER; MOORING SYSTEM; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; TIME SERIES;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84855321172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007389     Document Type: Article

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