A wind-driven nonseasonal barotropic fluctuation of the Canadian inland seas

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: C. G. Piecuch, R. M. Ponte
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2015
• Subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; G; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Hudson Bay; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Foxe Basin; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation; James Bay
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-175-2015; https://doaj.org/article/c6b845e7cba147c89556488e93e1d0cd

A wind-driven, spatially coherent mode of nonseasonal, depth-independent variability in the Canadian inland seas (i.e., the collective of Hudson Bay, James Bay, and Foxe Basin) is identified based on Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) retrievals, a tide-gauge record, and a barotropic mo...