Impact of freshwater from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago on Labrador Sea Water formation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Myers, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL;

DAVIS STRAIT; EXCHANGE FLOW; FRESHWATER; SEA WATER;

WATER RESOURCES;

FRESHWATER INPUT; STRAIT; THROUGHFLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; LABRADOR SEA; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20044374719     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022082     Document Type: Article

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