Geostrophic ocean currents and freshwater fluxes across the Canadian polar shelf via Nares Strait

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 603-640

  Rabe, Berit ^a,b   Johnson, Helen L ^c   Münchow, Andreas ^a   Melling, Humfrey ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW STRUCTURE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; JET FLOW; MOORING SYSTEM; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEA ICE; SHELF DYNAMICS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NARES STRAIT; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 84874542177     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224012805262725     Document Type: Article

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