Cross-shelf transport of warm and saline water in response to sea ice drift on the Laptev Sea shelf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 563-576

  Janout, Markus A ^a   Hölemann, Jens ^a   Krumpen, Thomas ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; SALINE WATER; SEA ICE; SURVEYS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BOTTOM WATER; CONDUCTIVITY TEMPERATURE DEPTHS; EKMAN TRANSPORT; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; OCEANOGRAPHIC MOORINGS; RIVER VALLEY; SEA-ICE DRIFT; SHELF BREAK;

MOORING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; DATA SET; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; EKMAN TRANSPORT; FLOW FIELD; FLOW VELOCITY; SEA ICE; SHELF BREAK; SHELF SEA; TOPOGRAPHY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LAPTEV SEA;

EID: 84878934130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007731     Document Type: Article

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