Two Configurations of the Western Arctic Shelfbreak Current in Summer

Data from a closely spaced array of moorings situated across the Beaufort Sea shelfbreak at 152°W are used to study the Western Arctic Shelfbreak Current, with emphasis on its configuration during the summer season. Two dynamically distinct states of the current are revealed in the absence of wind,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Von Appen, Wilken-Jon, Pickart, Robert S.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Meteorological Society 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74253