Recirculation of Atlantic Water in the western Barents Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Skagseth, Øystein ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FLUXES; LANDFORMS; METRIC SYSTEM; MIXING;

ANNUAL MEAN; ATLANTIC; ATLANTIC WATER; BARENTS SEA; COASTAL CURRENTS; CURRENT METERS; LOW-PASS; MEAN CURRENTS; MIXING MODELS; NORTH CAPE CURRENT; RE-CIRCULATION; REFERENCE TEMPERATURE; VARIATIONS OF;

MOORING;

COASTAL CURRENT; CURRENT VELOCITY; HEAT FLUX; INFLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OUTFLOW;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUSTRALASIA; BARENTS SEA; BJORNOYA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH CAPE; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND; NORWEGIAN SEA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 49849092293     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033785     Document Type: Article

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