A new path for the Denmark Strait overflow water from the Iceland Sea to Denmark Strait

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Jonsson, Steingrimur ^a,b   Valdimarsson, Hedinn ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER;

AMBIENT WATER; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

GEOPHYSICS;

OCEANIC CURRENT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ARCTIC; DENMARK STRAIT;

EID: 18144442339     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019214     Document Type: Article

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