Source and pathway of the western arctic upper halocline in a data-constrained coupled ocean and sea ice model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 802-823

  Nguyen, An T ^a   Kwok, Ronald ^b   Menemenlis, Dimitris ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING STRAIT; BRINE REJECTIONS; CANADA BASIN; DENSE WATERS; EDDY TRANSPORTS; FORMATION RATES; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; MEAN CURRENTS; MODEL SOLUTION; PARAMETERIZED; PASSIVE TRACERS; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE MODELS; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SHELF BREAK; SUMMER SEASON; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WATER-MASS FORMATION; WINTER SEA ICES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

SEA ICE;

EDDY; HALOCLINE; MODELING; OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; BERING STRAIT; CANADA BASIN; CHUKCHI SEA; CHUKCHI SHELF; GULF OF ANADYR; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84864518513     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-040.1     Document Type: Article

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