An observational estimate of volume and freshwater flux leaving the Arctic Ocean through Nares Strait

The Arctic Ocean is an important link in the global hydrological cycle, storing freshwater and releasing it to the North Atlantic Ocean in a variable fashion as pack ice and freshened seawater. An unknown fraction of this return flow passes through Nares Strait between northern Canada and Greenland....

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Main Authors: Andreas Münchow, Humfrey Melling, Kelly K. Falkner
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2006
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.690.6545
http://muenchow.cms.udel.edu/papers/Nares_JPO2005.pdf