Observed sources and variability of Nordic seasoverflow

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 406-410

  Eldevik, Tor ^a,b   Nilsen, Jan Even ^a,b   Iovino, Doroteaciro ^a,b   Anders Olsson, K ^b,c   Sandø, Anne Britt ^a,b   Drange, Helge ^a,b,d  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 67449116013     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo518     Document Type: Article

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