Impact of Siberian coastal polynyas on shelf-derived Arctic Ocean halocline waters

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bauch, Dorothea ^a   Hölemann, Jens A ^b   Dmitrenko, Igor A ^a   Janout, Markus A ^b   Nikulina, Anna ^a   Kirillov, Sergey A ^c   Krumpen, Thomas ^b   Kassens, Heidemarie ^a   Timokhov, Leo ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; ISOTOPES; RIVERS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BOTTOM LAYERS; BOTTOM WATER; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; LAPTEV SEA; MASS BALANCE; MIXING LINES; RIVER PLUME; RIVER WATER; SEA ICE FORMATIONS; SOURCE WATERS; STABLE OXYGEN ISOTOPES; STRATIFIED WATERS; SURFACE LAYERS; WATER COLUMNS; WINTER SEA ICES;

SEA ICE;

BOTTOM WATER; COASTAL ZONE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HALOCLINE; HYDROGRAPHY; MASS BALANCE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POLYNYA; RIVER PLUME; RIVER WATER; SALINITY; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LAPTEV SEA; LENA RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84859724486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007282     Document Type: Article

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