Causes of decadal changes of the freshwater content in the Arctic Ocean

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3461-3475

  Köhl, Armin ^a   Serra, Nuno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEA LEVEL; WIND STRESS;

ADJOINT SENSITIVITIES; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CANADIAN ARCHIPELAGO; CYCLONIC CIRCULATION; FRESHWATER CONTENTS; FRESHWATER TRANSPORTS; TRANSPORT VARIABILITY; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CYCLONE; FRESHWATER INPUT; SALINITY; SVERDRUP TRANSPORT; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); FRAM STRAIT; GREENLAND; LOFOTEN BASIN; NORWEGIAN CURRENT; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84899075931     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00389.1     Document Type: Article

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