Seasonal variation of upwelling in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea: Impact of sea ice cover

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Schulze, Lena M ^a   Pickart, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOORING;

ATLANTIC WATER; BEAUFORT SEA; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; FIRST ORDER; ICE COVER; ICE SEASON; LAND-FAST; OFFSHORE FLOWS; ONSHORE FLOW; OPEN WATER; PRIMARY FLOW; SEA ICE CONDITIONS; SEA-ICE COVER; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY CIRCULATION; SHELF BREAK; UPPER LAYER; UPWELLING INDICES; WIND EVENTS;

SEA ICE;

DATA SET; EKMAN TRANSPORT; HYDROGRAPHY; ICE COVER; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF BREAK; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863449586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC007985     Document Type: Article

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