The response of the circulation in the Faroe-Shetland Channel to the North Atlantic Oscillation

Léon Chafik

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.18423

The response of the circulation in the Faroe-Shetland Channel to the North Atlantic Oscillation

Tellus

Volume 64 (2012): Issue 1

By: Léon Chafik

Open Access

|Dec 2012

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