An investigation of the dynamics of the East Greenland Current in Fram Strait based on a simple analytical model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2240-2265

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

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Lab d'Oceanogr Dynamique C   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; FLOW MODELING; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

EAST GREENLAND CURRENT; FRAM STRAIT;

EID: 0033376521     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2240:AIOTDO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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