Arctic ocean freshwater composition, pathways and transformations from a passive tracer simulation

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pemberton, Per ^a,b   Nilsson, Johan ^a   Meier, H E Markus ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic ocean; Freshwater; Passive tracers; Pathways; Water mass transformation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FRESHWATER; HALOCLINE; RUNOFF; SALINITY; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRACER; WATER MASS; WIND FORCING;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; CANADA BASIN; CHUKCHI SEA; EAST SIBERIAN SEA; FRAM STRAIT; KARA SEA; LAPTEV SEA; MENDELEYEV RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84904906769     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v66.23988     Document Type: Article

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