Nonseasonal fluctuations of the Arctic Ocean mass observed by the GRACE satellites

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6451-6460

  Volkov, Denis L ^a   Landerer, Felix W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; ECCO2; GRACE; nonseasonal variability; ocean mass; sea level

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEA LEVEL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ECCO2; GRACE; NONSEASONAL VARIABILITY; OCEAN MASS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

ANTICYCLONE; BOTTOM PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GRACE; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF BREAK; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84892902987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009341     Document Type: Article

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