Circulation and fluxes in the North Atlantic between Greenland and Ireland

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1420-1435

  Bacon, Sheldon ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; CTD OBSERVATIONS; FLUX ESTIMATES;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0031450732     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1420:CAFITN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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