The 1992-2009 transport variability of the East Greenland-Irminger Current at 60N

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Daniault, N ^a   Mercier, H ^a   Lherminier, P ^a  

^a Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TIME SERIES; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

DEEP CONVECTION; GREENLAND; INTERANNUAL; MOORED ARRAYS; STANDARD ERRORS; TRANSPORT VARIABILITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; EAST GREENLAND CURRENTS; IRMINGER CURRENTS; IRMINGER SEAS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ALTIMETRY; ARRAY; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VELOCITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND; IRMINGER CURRENT;

EID: 79953673087     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL046863     Document Type: Article

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