Document 1 
Accession No.: 4808620. 
Author:        Cavalieri-D-J.  Martin-S. 
Author Affil.: Lab. for Hydrospheric Processes, NASA Goddard Space Flight
               Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA. 
Title:         The contribution of Alaskan, Siberian, and Canadian coastal
               polynyas to the cold halocline layer of the Arctic Ocean. 
Source:        Journal of Geophysical Research.  vol.99, no.C9.  pp. 18343-62.
                15 Sept. 1994. 
References:    37 refs. 
ISSN:          0148-0227. 
CODEN:         JGREA2. 
Language:      eng. 
Year:          1994. 
Pub. Type:     journal-article (J). 
Treatment:     THEORETICAL OR MATHEMATICAL (T).  EXPERIMENTAL (X). 
Report No.:    CCCC: 0148-0227/94/94JC-011695$05.00. 
Pub. Country:  USA. 
Class. Code:   A9210M.  A9330L.  A9210S.  A9210R. 
Subject:       oceanographic-regions.  sea-ice. 
Identifiers:   Arctic Ocean.  Canadian coastal polynyas.  Siberian coastal
               polynyas. Alaskan coastal polynyas.  cold halocline layer. 
               circulation. geochemical studies.  continental shelves.  cold
               saline water.  winter. satellite data.  weather data. 
               oceanographic data.  brine fluxes. oceanic box model.  Northern
               Hemisphere.  AD 1978 to 1987. 
Abstract:      Numerous Arctic Ocean circulation and geochemical studies
               suggest that ice growth in polynyas over the Alaskan, Siberian,
               and Canadian continental shelves is a source of cold, saline
               water which contributes to the maintenance of the Arctic Ocean
               halocline.  The purpose of this study is to estimate for the
               1978-1987 winters the contributions of Arctic coastal polynyas
               to the cold halocline layer of the Arctic Ocean. The study uses
               a combination of satellite, oceanographic, and weather data to
               calculate the brine fluxes from the polynyas;  then an oceanic
               box model is used to calculate their contributions to the cold
               halocline layer of the Arctic Ocean.  This study complements
               and corrects a previous study of dense water production by
               coastal polynyas in the Barents, Kara, and Laptev Seas. 
UW Load Date   9411.