Current measurements on the continental slope west of Norway in an area with a pronounced two-layer density profile

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 161-178

  Yttervik, Rune ^a   Furnes, Gunnar K ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Benthic boundary layer; Continental slope; Current data; Strong current events

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; HIGH FREQUENCY STRUCTURE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

OCEAN CURRENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WATER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CURRENT VELOCITY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; PYCNOCLINE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); NORWEGIAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 9944262529     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.08.011     Document Type: Article

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