Irminger water variability in the West Greenland Current

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Myers, Paul G ^a   Kulan, Nilgun ^a   Ribergaard, Mads H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; SALINE WATER; SALTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

IRMINGER WATER VARIABILITY; WEST GREENLAND CURRENT;

SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

CURRENT VELOCITY; OCEANIC CURRENT; SALINITY;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; LABRADOR SEA; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 35948966776     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030419     Document Type: Article

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