Circulation and transformation of Atlantic water in the Eurasian Basin and the contribution of the Fram Strait inflow branch to the Arctic Ocean heat budget

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 128-152

  Rudels, Bert ^a   Korhonen, Meri ^a,b   Schauer, Ursula ^c   Pisarev, Sergey ^d   Rabe, Benjamin ^c   Wisotzki, Andreas ^c  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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

^d SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC RAM; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; MOORING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATERS;

CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EAST GREENLAND CURRENTS; FRAM STRAIT BRANCHES; HYDROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; SALINE SURFACE WATERS; TRANSPORT ESTIMATES;

SALINE WATER;

EID: 84925290153     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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