Sea ice and water column structure on the eastern Bering Sea shelf

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-56

  Sullivan, Margaret E ^a,b   Kachel, Nancy B ^a,b   Mordy, Calvin W ^a,b   Salo, Sigrid A ^b   Stabeno, Phyllis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Ice melt; Ocean currents; Ocean temperature; Salinity; Sea ice; Stratification

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA ICE; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WIND;

BERING SEA; EASTERN BERING SEA SHELVES; ICE MELTS; LATENT HEAT OF FUSION; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; SALINITY; WATER COLUMN MIXING;

MOORING;

ARRIVAL DATE; ICE RETREAT; MIXING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATIFICATION; WATER COLUMN;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 85027940608     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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