Observations of the Storfjorden overflow

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 50, Issue 10-11, 2003, Pages 1283-1303

  Fer, Ilker ^a   Skogseth, Ragnheid ^a,b   Haugan, Peter M ^a,c   Jaccard, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cascading; Marginal seas; Mixing processes; Overflow; Storfjorden; Svalbard Archipelago

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; FREEZING; ICE PROBLEMS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SALINE WATER; SEA ICE;

BRINE REJECTION DRAINS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM WATER; MIXING; PLUME; SALINITY; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; STORFJORDEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0344081208     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(03)00124-9     Document Type: Article

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