Velocity field of the western entrance to the Barents Sea

By the use of 4-year long records from moored current meters between 71°30′N and 73°30′N of the western entrance to the Barents Sea, the velocity field of the Atlantic inflow is examined. The mean velocity field shows the Atlantic inflow as a wide core that occupies most of this section, but the gen...

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Published in:Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Main Authors: Ingvaldsen, Randi, Asplin, Lars, Loeng, Harald
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union 2004
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1956/375
https://doi.org/10.1029/2003jc001811