Modelling the overflows across the Greenland-Scotland ridge

Arctic-Subarctic Ocean Fluxes: Defining the Role of the Northern Seas in Climate

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 524-549

  Jungclaus, Johann H ^a   Macrander, Andreas ^b   Käse, Rolf H ^c,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6774-7_23     Document Type: Chapter

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