On the flow of Atlantic water and temperature anomalies in the Nordic Seas toward the Arctic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 7897-7918

  Chafik, L ^a,b   Nilsson, J ^c   Skagseth, Ø ^d   Lundberg, P ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; Nordic Seas; poleward transport; sea ice; warm anomalies

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGRAPHY; INFLOW; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WARM WATER; WATER FLOW;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS; NORWEGIAN SEA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; SVINOY;

EID: 84957945842     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JC011012     Document Type: Article

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