A dense bottom water plume in the western Barents Sea: Downstream modification and interannual variability

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2095-2108

  Schauer, Ursula ^a   Fahrbach, Eberhard ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; PLUME; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BARENTS SEA;

EID: 0032709758     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00046-1     Document Type: Article

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