Retroflection of part of the east Greenland current at Cape Farewell

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Holliday, N Penny ^a   Meyer, Amélie ^a   Bacon, Sheldon ^a   Alderson, Steven G ^a   de Cuevas, Beverly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; SEAWATER; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EAST GREEN CURRENT; RETROFLECTION; SUBPOLAR GYRE;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; COASTAL CURRENT; GYRE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND; IRMINGER SEA; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 34250705349     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL029085     Document Type: Article

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