Barrow Canyon volume, heat, and freshwater fluxes revealed by long-term mooring observations between 2000 and 2008

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4363-4379

  Itoh, Motoyo ^a   Nishino, Shigeto ^a   Kawaguchi, Yusuke ^a   Kikuchi, Takashi ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Barrow Canyon; Canada Basin; Pacific Water

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; SEA LEVEL; WATER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARROW CANYON; CANADA BASIN; DIRECT COMPUTATIONS; FRESHWATER CONTENTS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LONG-TERM MOORINGS; PACIFIC WATER;

MOORING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARRAY; CANYON; COASTAL CURRENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HEAT BALANCE; MOORING SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLUME; WATER FLOW;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN; CHUKCHI SEA;

EID: 84887035256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20290     Document Type: Article

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