Satellite evidence of change in the northern gyre

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 551-567

  Häkkinen, Sirpa ^a   Hátún, Hjálmar ^b   Rhines, Peter ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Faroese Fisheries Laboratory   (Faroe Islands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84856639950     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6774-7_24     Document Type: Chapter

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