Arctic Ocean freshwater composition, pathways and transformations from a passive tracer simulation

Per Pemberton; Johan Nilsson; H. E. Markus Meier

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v66.23988

Arctic Ocean freshwater composition, pathways and transformations from a passive tracer simulation

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Volume 66 (2014): Issue 1

By: Per Pemberton, Johan Nilsson and H. E. Markus Meier

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v66.23988 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 23988 - 23988

Submitted on: Feb 4, 2014

Accepted on: Jun 4, 2014

Published on: Dec 1, 2014

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

Arctic Ocean,

freshwater,

pathways,

water mass transformation,

passive tracers

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