Observations of Seasonal Upwelling and Downwelling in the Beaufort Sea Mediated by Sea Ice
We present observational estimates of Ekman pumping in the Beaufort Gyre region. Averaged over the Canada Basin, the results show a 2003-14 average of 2.3myr⁻¹ downward with strong seasonal and interannual variability superimposed: monthly and yearly means range from 30myrsu downward to 10myr⁻¹ upwa...
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| Language: | English |
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American Meteorological Society,
2018-10-15T14:57:15Z.
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