Anomalous hydrographic conditions in the western Barents Sea observed in March 2014

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 69-82

  Dobrynin, Mikhail ^a   Pohlmann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anomalous Atlantic Water inflow; Barents Sea; Polar Front

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; INFLOW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLAR FRONT; SEA ICE; WATER MASS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; SPITSBERGEN; SPITSBERGENBANKEN; STORFJORDEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84961711541     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2015.10.020     Document Type: Article

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