Distribution and exchange of water masses in the Northeast Water Polynya (Greenland Sea)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 123-138

  Budéus, Gereon ^a   Schneider, Wolfgang ^b   Kattner, Gerhard ^a  

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

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic; nutrients; polynya; water masses

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION; NUTRIENTS; POLYNYAS; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MASSES;

GREENLAND SEA, EAST GREENLAND SHELF, NORTHEAST WATER POLYNYA;

EID: 0030967166     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(96)00074-7     Document Type: Article

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