Liquid export of Arctic freshwater components through the Fram Strait 1998–2011

Ocean Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-109

  Rabe, B ^a   Dodd, P A ^b   Hansen, E ^b   Falck, E ^c   Schauer, U ^a   MacKensen, A ^a   Beszczynska Moller A ^a   Kattner, G ^a   Rohling, E J ^d   Cox, K ^d  

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

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; GYRE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; LIQUID; SEA ICE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; FRAM STRAIT;

EID: 84874361995     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-9-91-2013     Document Type: Article

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