The East Greenland Current studied with CFCs and released sulphur hexafluoride

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 77-95

  Olsson, K Anders ^a,d   Jeansson, Emil ^a   Tanhua, Toste ^b   Gascard, Jean Claude ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chlorofluorocarbons; Deep water masses; Denmark strait; East Greenland Current; Greenland Sea; Intermediate water masses; Nordic Seas; Overflow; Sulphur hexafluoride; Tracers

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HYDROLOGY; MIXING;

EAST GREENLAND CURRENT (EGC); GREENLAND SEA ARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER (GSAIW); TRACERS; WATER MASSES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CFC; DEEP WATER; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MIXING; OCEANIC CURRENT; TRACER; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; DENMARK STRAIT; FRAM STRAIT; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 14944376651     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2004.07.019     Document Type: Article

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