Wind-forcing of volume transport through Lancaster Sound

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Peterson, Ingrid ^a   Hamilton, James ^a   Prinsenberg, Simon ^a   Pettipas, Roger ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; FRESHWATER TRANSPORTS; ICE VELOCITY; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; LEVEL DIFFERENCE; MAXIMUM CORRELATIONS; NORTHWEST PASSAGE; SURFACE WIND ANOMALIES; SURFACE WINDS; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WIND ANOMALIES; WIND DIRECTIONS;

DIGITAL STORAGE; SEA LEVEL;

WIND;

ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL WATER; CORRELATION; DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOORING SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL; TIME SERIES; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WIND FORCING; WIND WAVE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARROW STRAIT; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NUNAVUT;

EID: 84870228095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008140     Document Type: Article

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