Changing Arctic Ocean freshwater pathways

Nature

Volumn 481, Issue 7379, 2012, Pages 66-70

  Morison, James ^a   Kwok, Ron ^b   Peralta Ferriz, Cecilia ^a   Alkire, Matt ^a   Rigor, Ignatius ^a   Andersen, Roger ^a   Steele, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; ICE; RUNOFF; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTICYCLONE; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BOTTOM PRESSURE; FRESHWATER INPUT; GYRE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MELTING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RUNOFF; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; WATER FLOW; WIND PROFILE;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CANADA; CLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; VELOCITY; WINTER;

ARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CANADA; CLIMATE; FRESH WATER; ICE COVER; OCEANS AND SEAS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WIND;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN;

EID: 84855447567     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10705     Document Type: Article

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