Ocean Science: Dilution of the Northern North Atlantic Ocean in recent decades

Science

Volumn 308, Issue 5729, 2005, Pages 1772-1774

  Curry, Ruth ^a   Mauritzen, Cecilie ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

FRESHWATER; NORDIC SEAS; SUBPOLAR BSINS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FRESH WATER;

SALINITY;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DILUTION; HYDROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEA; WATER FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 20544433701     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1109477     Document Type: Article

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