Is weaker Arctic sea ice changing the Atlantic water circulation?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5992-6009

  Itkin, Polona ^a   Karcher, Michael ^a,b   Gerdes, Rüdiger ^a  

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

^b OASys Ocean Atmosphere Systems GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic; Atlantic water; P ; sea ice; sea ice strength; sea ice ocean model

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; DEEP WATER; GYRE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AMERASIAN BASIN; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; EURASIAN BASIN;

EID: 84927650134     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009633     Document Type: Article

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