Structure and transports of the East Greenland Current at 75°N from moored current meters

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C8, 1999, Pages 18059-18072

  Woodgate, Rebecca A ^a,b   Fahrbach, Eberhard ^a   Rohardt, Gerd ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

EAST GREENLAND CURRENT; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0005035394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900146     Document Type: Article

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