Observations of the Faroe Bank Channel overflow using bottom-following RAFOS floats

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 481-494

  Prater, Mark D ^a   Rossby, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CHANNEL FLOW; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER;

CURRENT SPEEDS; FAROE BANK CHANNEL; ICELAND BASIN; NEAR-BOTTOM TEMPERATURE; PRESSURE SIGNALS; WEAK CURRENTS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER);

BOTTOM CURRENT; CURRENT VELOCITY; ISOPYCNAL LAYER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE BANK; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 16244415260     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.12.009     Document Type: Article

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