Recent changes in Arctic Ocean circulation revealed by iodine-129 observations and modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Karcher, Michael ^a,b   Smith, John N ^c   Kauker, Frank ^a,b   Gerdes, Rüdiger ^b   Smethie, William M ^d  

^a OASYS Ocean Atmosphere Systems GmbH   (Germany)

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

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOORING; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; RADIOISOTOPES;

ANTHROPOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES; ARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATERS; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATLANTIC WATER; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; CANADA BASIN; COASTAL WATERS; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; IODINE-129; NORDIC SEAS; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS; SELLAFIELD; SURFACE CIRCULATION; SURFACE STRESS;

IODINE;

ANTICYCLONE; BOUNDARY CURRENT; CIRCULATION MODELING; COASTAL WATER; CYCLONE; IODINE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RADIONUCLIDE; TRACER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASSE NORMANDIE; CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; FRANCE; LA HAGUE; MANCHE; SELLAFIELD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84864863787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007513     Document Type: Article

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