Direct velocity observations of volume flux between Iceland and the Shetland Islands

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5934-5944

  Childers, Katelin H ^a   Flagg, Charles N ^a   Rossby, Thomas ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

currents; transport; velocities; volume

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ANNUAL VARIATION; DEEP SEA; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CURRENT; VELOCITY; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS; NORWEGIAN SEA; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84927632522     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC009946     Document Type: Article

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