Upper layer circulation of the Nordic Seas as inferred from the spatial distribution of heat and freshwater content and potential energy

Polar Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 161-168

  Bjork G ^a   Gustafsson, B G ^a   Stigebrandt, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC MOTION; CIRCULATION; FRESHWATER; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

(NORTH); ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035678367     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2001.tb00052.x     Document Type: Article

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