Formation and export of water masses produced in Arctic shelf polynyas - Process studies of oceanic convection

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 366-382

  Backhaus, Jan O ^a   Fohrmann, Hermann ^b   Kämpf, Jochen ^a   Rubino, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic Sea; Convection; Polynyas; Water expert; Water formation

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; CONVECTION; POLYNYAS; WATER MASSES;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0031153903     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1997.0230     Document Type: Conference Paper

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