Freshwater Fluxes East of Greenland

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 263-287

  Holfort, Jürgen ^a,g   Hansen, Edmond ^a   Østerhus, Svein ^b   Dye, Stephen ^c   Jónsson, Steingrímur ^d   Meincke, Jens ^e   Mortensen, John ^e   Meredith, Michael ^f  

^a Norwegian Polar Institute   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^g BSH ^*  (Germany)

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EID: 77954815474     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6774-7_12     Document Type: Chapter

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