Variable source regions of Denmark Strait and Faroe Bank Channel overflow waters

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 551-568

  Köhl, Armin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; WATER FLOW; WATER MASS; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK STRAIT; EAST GREENLAND CURRENT; FAROE BANK CHANNEL; FRAM STRAIT; GREENLAND SEA; ICELAND; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 77958520839     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2010.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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