Impact of recirculation on the East Greenland Current in Fram Strait: Results from moored current meter measurements between 1997 and 2009

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-40

  de Steur, L ^a,b   Hansen, E ^b   Mauritzen, C ^c   Beszczynska Moller A ^d,e   Fahrbach, E ^d  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c DNV GL   (Norway)

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

^e INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Current meter measurements; East Greenland Current; Fram Strait; Recirculating Atlantic Water (RAW); Recirculation; Volume transport

Indexed keywords

CURRENT METERS; EAST GREENLAND CURRENTS; FRAM STRAIT; RECIRCULATING ATLANTIC WATERS; RECIRCULATIONS; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

MOORING;

BAROTROPIC MOTION; MOORING SYSTEM; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; SVERDRUP TRANSPORT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST GREENLAND CURRENT; FRAM STRAIT;

EID: 84904286733     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2014.05.018     Document Type: Article

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