Changes in the properties and distribution of the intermediate and deep waters in the Fram Strait

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-76

  Langehaug, Helene R ^a,b   Falck, Eva ^c  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATERS; ARCTIC OCEAN; COLD WATERS; DEEP WATER; DEEP WATER MASS; FRAM STRAIT; GREENLAND; GREENLAND SEA; ICELANDS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORDIC SEAS; NORWEGIAN SEA DEEP WATERS; PROMINENT FEATURES; WINTER CONVECTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AQUACULTURE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEEP WATER; FRACTIONATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; FRAM STRAIT; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84858294426     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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