Sources and fate of freshwater exported in the East Greenland Current

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Dodd, Paul A ^a,b   Heywood, Karen J ^a   Meredith, Michael P ^c   Naveira Garabato, Alberto C ^d   Marca, Alina D ^a   Falkner, Kelly K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARIUM CONCENTRATIONS; DEEP CONVECTION; DEEP-WATER FORMATION; DENMARK STRAIT; EAST GREENLAND CURRENTS; FRAM STRAIT; GREENLAND; LABRADOR SEA; MELTWATER FLUXES; NORDIC SEAS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; BARIUM; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ISOTOPES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA ICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BARIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP WATER FORMATION; FRESHWATER INPUT; HYDROGRAPHY; MELTWATER; OCEANIC CONVECTION; OUTFLOW; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK STRAIT; EAST GREENLAND CURRENT; LABRADOR SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 72049124262     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039663     Document Type: Article

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