Branching of Atlantic water within the Greenland‐spitsbergen passage: An estimate of recirculation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 100, Issue C10, 1995, Pages 20,627-20,634

  Manley, T O ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECIRCULATION; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER MASSES;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0029506240     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JC01251     Document Type: Article

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