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The physical oceanography of the Bering Sea: A summary of physical, chemical, and biological characteristics, and a synopsis of research on the Bering Sea
Phyllis J. Stabeno,1 James D. Schumacher,1
and Kiyotaka Ohtani2
1NOAA, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, 7600
Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, Washington 98115
2Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido,
Japan
in Dynamics of the Bering Sea: A Summary of Physical, Chemical,
and Biological Characteristics, and a Synopsis of Research on the Bering Sea,
T.R. Loughlin and K. Ohtani (eds.), North Pacific Marine Science Organization
(PICES), University of Alaska Sea Grant, AK-SG-99-03, 1–28.
- Introduction
- General Circulation
- Passes
- Shelf Passes
- Deep Aleutian Passes
- Mean Upper Ocean Circulation
- The Alaskan Stream
- Aleutian North Slope Current
- Bering Slope Current
- The Kamchatka Current
- Interior Flow
- Eddies
- Deep Circulation
- Shelf-Slope Exchange
- Shelf Flow
- Low Frequency Currents
- Tidal Currents
- Future
Directions and Acknowledgments
- References
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