Western Arctic Ocean freshwater storage increased by wind-driven spin-up of the Beaufort Gyre

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 194-197

  Giles, Katharine A ^a   Laxon, Seymour W ^a   Ridout, Andy L ^a   Wingham, Duncan J ^a   Bacon, Sheldon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; EVAPORATION; GYRE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SALINITY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEAWATER; WATER BUDGET; WIND FIELD;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84857877033     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1379     Document Type: Article

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