Renewal and circulation of intermediate waters in the Canadian Basin observed on the SCICEX 96 cruise

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C1, 2000, Pages 1105-1121

  Smethie Jr , William M ^a   Schlosser, Peter ^a,c,d   Bönisch, Gerhard ^a   Hopkins, Tom S ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE WATER MASS; MIXING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033671109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900233     Document Type: Article

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