Evaluation and control mechanisms of volume and freshwater export through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in a high-resolution pan-Arctic ice-ocean model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  McGeehan, Timothy ^a   Maslowski, Wieslaw ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNET PROTOCOLS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; CONTROL MECHANISM; DAVIS STRAIT; FRAM STRAIT; FRESHWATER FLUXES; GRID CELLS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; HUDSON BAY; ICE-OCEAN MODELS; LABRADOR SEA; LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY; LOW MOBILITY; OCEAN MODEL; PAN-ARCTIC; RIVER RUNOFFS; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA-ICE THICKNESS; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VOLUME ANOMALIES; VOLUME FLUX; WEST GREENLAND CURRENTS;

WATER;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BUOYANCY FORCING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ICE THICKNESS; MOBILITY; RESOLUTION; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VOLUME;

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

EID: 84859467089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007261     Document Type: Article

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