Upper layer cooling and freshening in the Norwegian Sea in relation to atmospheric forcing

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 655-680

  Blindheim, J ^a   Borovkov, V ^b   Hansen, B ^c   Malmberg, S Aa ^d   Turrell, W R ^e   Osterhus S ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO)   (Russian Federation)

^c Fisheries Laboratory of the Faroes   (Denmark)

^d MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^e MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES; WATER MASS;

NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0342545892     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00070-9     Document Type: Article

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