Variation of measured heat flow through the Fram Strait between 1997 and 2006

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 65-85

  Schauer, Ursula ^a   Beszczynska Möller, Agnieszka ^a   Walczowski, Waldemar ^b   Fahrbach, Eberhard ^a   Piechura, Jan ^b   Hansen, Edmond ^c  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

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EID: 84895329723     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6774-7_4     Document Type: Chapter

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