Water mass modification in an Arctic fjord through cross-shelf exchange: The seasonal hydrography of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Cottier, Finlo ^a   Tverberg, Vigdis ^b   Inall, Mark ^a   Svendsen, Harald ^c   Nilsen, Frank ^d   Griffiths, Colin ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND EFFECTS;

FJORD; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 31644435344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002757     Document Type: Article

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