The overflow flux west of Iceland: Variability, origins and forcing

Arctic-Subarctic Ocean Fluxes: Defining the Role of the Northern Seas in Climate

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 443-474

  Dickson, Bob ^a   Dye, Stephen ^a   Jónsson, Steingrímur ^b,c   Köhl, Armin ^d   Macrander, Andreas ^e   Marnela, Marika ^f   Meincke, Jens ^d   Olsen, Steffen ^c,g   Rudels, Bert ^f   Valdimarsson, Héoinn ^c   Voet, Gunnar ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^c MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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

^f FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^g DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

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EID: 84895221295     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6774-7_20     Document Type: Chapter

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