Winter convection transports atlantic water heat to the surface layer in the eastern arctic ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2142-2155

  Polyakov, Igor V ^a   Pnyushkov, Andrey V ^a   Rember, Robert ^a   Padman, Laurie ^b   Carmack, Eddy C ^a,c   Jackson, Jennifer M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^d ASL ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC WATER; DENSITY DIFFERENCE; SEA ICE FORMATIONS; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS; VERTICAL VELOCITY; WINTER CONVECTION; WINTER SEA ICES;

HEAT LOSSES; MOORING; SEA ICE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BRINE; BUOY SYSTEM; HALOCLINE; HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC CONVECTION; PYCNOCLINE; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIAN BASIN;

EID: 84886700490     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0169.1     Document Type: Article

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