Heat loss from the Atlantic water layer in the northern Kara Sea: Causes and consequences

Ocean Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 719-730

  Dmitrenko, I A ^a   Kirillov, S A ^a   Serra, N ^b   Koldunov, N V ^b   Ivanov, V V ^c,d   Schauer, U ^e   Polyakov, I V ^d   Barber, D ^a   Janout, M ^e   Lien, V S ^f   Makhotin, M ^c   Aksenov, Y ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^g NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HEAT FLUX; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; SIMULATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VERTICAL MIXING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; KARA SEA; SAINT ANNA TROUGH;

EID: 84921529498     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-10-719-2014     Document Type: Article

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