Multiyear volume, liquid freshwater, and sea ice transports through Davis Strait, 2004-10

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1244-1266

  Curry, B ^a   Lee, C M ^a   Petrie, B ^b   Moritz, R E ^a   Kwok, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; SEA ICE; STATISTICS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WATER;

CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; FRESHWATER STORAGES; FRESHWATER TRANSPORTS; NORTH ATLANTIC INFLOWS; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; STANDARD DEVIATION; UPWARD-LOOKING SONARS;

LIQUIDS;

FRESHWATER INPUT; ICE THICKNESS; SEA ICE; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ARCTIC; BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; DAVIS STRAIT; NUNAVUT;

EID: 84895924865     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0177.1     Document Type: Article

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