Hydrographic preconditioning for seasonal sea ice anomalies in the Labrador Sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 863-883

  Fenty, Ian ^a   Heimbach, Patrick ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled models; Data assimilation; Interannual variability; North Atlantic Ocean; Oceanic variability; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

COUPLED MODELS; DATA ASSIMILATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC VARIABILITIES;

BUOYANCY; DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL STORAGE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STATE ESTIMATION;

SEA ICE;

ADVECTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; BUOYANCY; DATA ASSIMILATION; HYDROGRAPHY; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; MELTWATER; MIXED LAYER; SALINITY; SEA ICE; UPPER OCEAN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 84878965946     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-064.1     Document Type: Article

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