Pathways of the Greenland Sea warming

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Walczowski, Waldemar ^a   Piechura, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE EDDIES; PROGRESSIVE WARMING;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ENTHALPY; SEAWATER;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ADVECTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; MESOSCALE EDDY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; FRAM STRAIT; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 34447567519     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029974     Document Type: Article

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