Liquid freshwater transport and Polar Surface Water characteristics in the East Greenland Current during the AO-02 Oden expedition

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-57

  Nilsson, Johan ^a   Björk, Göran ^b   Rudels, Bert ^c   Winsor, Peter ^d   Torres, Daniel ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

East Greenland Current; Freshwater transport; Late winter observations; Polar Surface Water

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; DOPPLER EFFECT; ICEBREAKERS; LIQUIDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SURFACES; SURVEYS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER (ADCP); ARCTIC OCEAN; CONTINENTAL (CO); DENMARK STRAIT; DYNAMICAL FEATURES; EAST GREENLAND CURRENT (EGC); ELSEVIER (CO); FRAM STRAIT; FRESHWATER TRANSPORT (FWT); INTERNATIONAL (CO); POLAR SURFACES; STRONG CONFINEMENT; WATER CHARACTERISTICS;

FLUIDS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FRESHWATER; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HYDROGRAPHY; ICE BREAKER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SALINITY; SURFACE WATER;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; DENMARK STRAIT; EAST GREENLAND CURRENT; FRAM STRAIT;

EID: 46449118772     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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