Correlation of river water and local sea-ice melting on the Laptev Sea shelf (Siberian Arctic)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 550-561

  Bauch, Dorothea ^a   Hölemann, Jens A ^b   Nikulina, Anna ^a   Wegner, Carolyn ^a   Janout, Markus A ^b   Timokhov, Leonid A ^c   Kassens, Heidemarie ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

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

^c ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; ENTHALPY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; ICE; ISOTOPES; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WATER;

ABSOLUTE HEATS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATERIALS; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER DISCHARGE; STABLE ISOTOPES; SURFACE LAYERS; SUSPENDED PARTICLES; VARYING RIVERS;

RIVERS;

CORRELATION; HYDROGRAPHY; MELTING; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOLAR RADIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LAPTEV SEA;

EID: 84878899655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20076     Document Type: Article

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