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Polar Research Volume 20, 2001 - Issue 2: Special Issue: Proceedings of the H.U. Sverfrup Symposium
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Upper layer circulation of the Nordic seas as inferred from the spatial distribution of heat and freshwater content and potential energy

Göran BjörkDept. of Oceanography, Earth Sciences Centre, Göteborg University, Box 460, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Bo G. GustafssonDept. of Oceanography, Earth Sciences Centre, Göteborg University, Box 460, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Anders StigebrandtDept. of Oceanography, Earth Sciences Centre, Göteborg University, Box 460, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden.
Pages 161-168 | Published online: 16 Dec 2016

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