Recirculation in the Fram Strait and transports of water in and north of the Fram Strait derived from CTD data

Ocean Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 499-519

  Marnela, M ^a,b   Rudels, B ^a,b   Houssais, M N ^c   Beszczynska Moller A ^d   Eriksson, P B ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC MOTION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM;

ARCTIC; FRAM STRAIT; GREENLAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84879082022     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-9-499-2013     Document Type: Article

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