Atlantic origin of observed and modelled freshwater anomalies in the Nordic Seas

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 801-805

  Glessmer, Mirjam Sophia ^a,d   Eldevik, Tor ^a   Våge, Kjetil ^a   Øie Nilsen, Jan Even ^b   Behrens, Erik ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHY; INFLOW; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEAN BASIN; RUNOFF; SALINITY; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84908513892     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2259     Document Type: Review

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