Long-term trends of temperature, salinity, density, and transient tracers in the central Greenland Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C8, 1997, Pages 18553-18571

  Bönisch, Gerhard ^a   Blindheim, Johan ^b   Bullister, John L ^c   Schlosser, Peter ^a,d   Wallace, Douglas W R ^e  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER FORMATION; HYDROGRAPHIC DATA; TRACERS;

GREENLAND SEA;

EID: 0031404994     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC00740     Document Type: Article

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