Articles | Volume 9, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-639-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-639-2013
Research article
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09 Jul 2013
Research article |  | 09 Jul 2013

Combining in situ measurements and altimetry to estimate volume, heat and salt transport variability through the Faroe–Shetland Channel

B. Berx, B. Hansen, S. Østerhus, K. M. Larsen, T. Sherwin, and K. Jochumsen

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