Formation of Barents Sea Branch Water in the North-Eastern Barents Sea

Polar Research

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Lien, Vidar S ^a   Trofimov, Alexander G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO)   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atlantic water; Deep water; Dense water formation; Kara sea

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; COOLING; DEEP WATER; DENSE WATER; DENSITY FRONT; INFLOW; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; THROUGHFLOW; WATER MASS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; FRAM STRAIT; KARA SEA; SAINT ANNA TROUGH; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ANNA;

EID: 84901207587     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/polar.v32i0.18905     Document Type: Article

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