The Norwegian Atlantic Current in the Lofoten basin inferred from hydrological and tracer data (129I) and its interaction with the Norwegian Coastal Current

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Gascard, Jean Claude ^a   Raisbeck, Grant ^b   Sequeira, Sandra ^a   Yiou, Françoise ^b   Mork, Kjell Arne ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^c IMR   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; HYDROLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS;

GEOSTROPHIC TRANSPORTS; MASS FLUX; NORWEGIAN ATLANTIC CURRENT (NAC); VOLUME FLUX;

GEOPHYSICS;

COASTAL CURRENT; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; TRACER; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LOFOTEN BASIN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 2442589770     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018303     Document Type: Article

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