The East Greenland Current and its impacts on the Nordic Seas: Observed trends in the past decade

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 841-851

  Rudels, Bert ^a,b   Korhonen, Meri ^a   Budus, Gereon ^c   Beszczynska Mller, Agnieszka ^c   Schauer, Ursula ^c   Nummelin, Aleksi ^a   Quadfasel, Detlef ^d   Valdimarsson, Hedinn ^e  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; deep convection; dense water formation; East Greenland Current; Fram Strait; Greenland Sea; Nordic Seas; water masses

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; DENSE WATER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER MASS;

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

EID: 84863561718     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss079     Document Type: Review

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