Water mass transport variability to the North Icelandic shelf, 19942010

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 809-815

  Jnsson, Steingrmur ^a   Valdimarsson, Hinn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^b MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Atlantic water; circulation; heat transport; Iceland; transport; variability; water masses

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST GREENLAND CURRENT; ICELAND SHELF;

EID: 84863594132     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss024     Document Type: Review

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