Physical Oceanography of Alaska's Beaufort Sea
Recommended Papers
This is not an exhaustive bibliography, it is only a short list of papers meant to serve as an introduction to the regional physical oceanography. The references listed within these manuscripts open doors to the entire literature base.
Aagaard [1984] - The Beaufort Undercurrent in The Alaskan Beaufort Sea: Ecosystems and Environments, 47– 71, Academic Press, San Diego
Aagaard [1989] - A synthesis of the Arctic Ocean circulation, Rapp. P. V. Reun. Cons. Int. Explor. Mer., 188, 11 – 22.
Barnes, Rearic & Reimnitz, [1984] - Ice gouging characteristics and processes, in The Alaskan Beaufort Sea: Ecosystems and Environment, ed. by P. W. Barnes, D. M. Schell, and E. Reimnitz, 185 - 212. Academic Press, New York
Carmack and Macdonald [2002] - Oceanography of the Canadian Shelf of the Beaufort Sea: A Setting for Marine Life, Arctic, V.55, Supp 1, 29-45
Mahoney, Eicken, Shapiro & Graves [2005], Defining and locating the seaward landfast ice edge in northern Alaska, paper presented at the 18th International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions, POAC ‘05, Potsdam, N.Y., June 26-30, 2005, vol. 3, 991-1001.
Pickart [2004] - Shelfbreak circulation in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea: Mean structure and variability, JGR, V109, C04024, doi:10.1029/2003JC001912
Wendler, Moore, Curtis & Stuefer [2002] - Beaufort Sea Ice Concentration and the Climate of the Alaskan North Slope, Proc. of the 16th IAHR International Symposium on Ice, Dunedin, NZ, 2-6 Dec., 202-210.