The Arctic Ocean-Nordic Seas thermohaline system

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 283-299

  Meincke, J ^a   Rudels, B ^a   Friedrich, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic Mediterranean Seas; Convection; Thermo haline circulation

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; DEEP WATER; SALINITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0031153895     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1997.0229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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