Dynamics of upwelling in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea and associated shelf-basin fluxes

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-51

  Pickart, Robert S ^a   Spall, Michael A ^a   Mathis, Jeremy T ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary currents; Pack ice; Shelf basin interaction; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENTS; NET ANNUAL PRIMARY PRODUCTIONS; PACK-ICE; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SECONDARY CIRCULATION; SHELF-BASIN INTERACTION; UPWELLING; WIND DRIVEN UPWELLING;

DIGITAL STORAGE; NITRATES; WATER;

STORMS;

CIRCULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; MOMENTUM; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SHELF BREAK; SURFACE; UPWELLING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; BERING STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84876726436     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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