Water mass distribution and polar front structure in the western Barents Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C2, 1998, Pages 2905-2917

  Harris, C L ^a,b   Plueddemann, A J ^a   Gawarkiewicz, G G ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRONTS; POLAR FRONTS; POLAR OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER MASSES;

BARENTS SEA;

EID: 0032519245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc02790     Document Type: Article

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