Measured volume, heat, and salt fluxes from the Atlantic to the Arctic Mediterranean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Østerhus, Svein ^a   Turrell, William R ^b   Jónsson, Steingrímur ^c   Hansen, Bogi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^d Faroese Fisheries Laboratory   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; THERMAL EFFECTS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

ATLANTIC WATER; INFLOW FLUX; QUASI-PERMANENT MOORING; SALT FLUXES;

MOORING;

HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ATLANTIC WATER; CURRENT BRANCH; GREENLAND-SCOTLAND RIDGE; INFLOW FLUX; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NORDIC SEAS; QUASI-PERMANENT MOORING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 22044439246     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022188     Document Type: Article

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