Freshwater storage in the northern ocean and the special role of the beaufort gyre

Arctic-Subarctic Ocean Fluxes: Defining the Role of the Northern Seas in Climate

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 145-169

  Carmack, Eddy ^a   McLaughlin, Fiona ^a   Yamamoto Kawai, Michiyo ^a   Itoh, Motoyo ^b   Shimada, Koji ^b   Krishfield, Richard ^c   Proshutinsky, Andrey ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

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

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 84895376908     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6774-7_8     Document Type: Chapter

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