Computing cross-isotherm volume transports from ocean temperature observations and surface heat fluxes, with application to the Barents Sea inflow

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1830-1839

  Segtnan, Ole Henrik ^a   Furevik, Tore ^a,b   Jenkins, Alastair D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Cross isotherm currents; Volume flux

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; HEAT FLUX; ISOTHERM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLUME;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; KOLA PENINSULA; MURMANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 77957340577     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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