Structure and variability of the West Greenland Current in Summer derived from 6 repeat standard sections

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 93-112

  Myers, Paul G ^a   Donnelly, Chris ^a   Ribergaard, Mads H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; COASTAL CURRENTS; EULERIAN; FRESHWATER TRANSPORTS; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE-CAPS; INTERDECADAL; LABRADOR SEA; LONG TERM; SEA-ICE; SHELF BREAK; TRANSPORT VARIABILITY; WEST GREENLAND CURRENTS;

GLACIERS; ICE; OCEAN CURRENTS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CURRENT VELOCITY; DISCHARGE; EULER FLOW; ICE CAP; ICE SHEET; OCEANIC CURRENT; SALINITY; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; LABRADOR SEA; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 68749103431     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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