The late quaternary flow through the bering strait has been forced by the Southern Ocean winds

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2014-2029

  Ortizj, Joseph D ^a   Nof, Doron ^b   Polyak, Leonid ^c   St Onge, Guillaume ^d   Lisé pronovost, Agathe ^d   Naidu, Sathy ^e   Darby, Dennis ^f   Brachfeld, Stefanie ^g  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Chaires de recherche du Canada   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airflow; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Fluxes; Forcing; Ocean models; Wind

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; BERING STRAIT; CROSS-EQUATORIAL FLOW; FLOWTHROUGH; FORCING; FRESHWATER FLUXES; LATE QUATERNARY; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; MEAN FLOW; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CELL; NEAR-SURFACE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OCEAN MODEL; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; STRONG CORRELATION; TIME-DEPENDENT; WESTERN BOUNDARY;

FLUXES; SEA LEVEL; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER;

WIND;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERE-HYDROSPHERE INTERACTION; MODELING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL; WIND FORCING;

BERING STRAIT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84871964665     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0167.1     Document Type: Article

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