Hydrography of the West Spitsbergen Current, Svalbard Branch: Autumn 2001

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Cokelet, Edward D ^a   Tervalon, Nicole ^b,c   Bellingham, James G ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Mount Madonna School   (United States)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HEAT FLUX; OCEAN CURRENTS; SALINE WATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

HEAT FLUX; HYDROGRAPHY; INFLOW; OCEANIC CURRENT; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FRAM STRAIT; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; YERMAK PLATEAU;

EID: 42049123869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004150     Document Type: Article

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