Oceanographic conditions east of Iceland

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C10, 1998, Pages 21531-21542

  Perkins, H ^a,c   Hopkins, T S ^a,d   Malmberg, S A ^b   Poulain, P M ^a,e   Warn Varnas, A ^a,c  

^a SACLANT Undersea Research Center   (Italy)

^b MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CURRENT; FRONT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ICELAND SHELF; ICELAND-FAEROE RIDGE;

EID: 0032531374     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JC00890     Document Type: Article

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