Impact of North Atlantic Current changes on the Nordic Seas and the Arctic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Kauker, Frank ^a,b   Gerdes, Rüdiger ^a   Karcher, Michael ^a,b   Köberle, Cornelia ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b OASYS Ocean Atmosphere Systems GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

HEAT TRANSFER; OCEANIC CURRENT; SALINITY; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 31644444045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002624     Document Type: Article

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