Hydrographic variability of Denmark Strait Overflow Water near Cape Farewell with multi-decadal to weekly time scales

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 66, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-50

  van Aken, Hendrik M ^a   de Jong, M Femke ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Denmark strait; Hydrographic variation; Irminger Sea; Overflow

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; DATA ARCHIVES; DENMARK STRAIT; DENMARK STRAIT OVERFLOWS; GREENLAND; HYDROGRAPHIC VARIABILITY; HYDROGRAPHIC VARIATIONS; INHOMOGENEITIES; IRMINGER SEA; OVERFLOW; SOURCE WATERS; TIME-SCALES;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

TIME MEASUREMENT;

DECADAL VARIATION; HYDROGRAPHY; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIMESCALE; WATER FLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK STRAIT; EAST GREENLAND SHELF; GREENLAND SEA; IRMINGER SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84861984789     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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