An inverse modeling study in Fram Strait. Part II: Water mass distribution and transports

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 1137-1168

  Schlichtholz, Pawel ^a,c   Houssais, Marie Noëlle ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Lab d'Oceanogr Dynamique C   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; INVERSE ANALYSIS; STRAIT; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER MASS;

FRAM STRAIT;

EID: 0033151629     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00017-X     Document Type: Article

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