Wind-driven transport of fresh shelf water into the upper 30&thinsp;m of the Labrador Sea

Schulze Chretien, Lena M.; Frajka-Williams, Eleanor

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Wind-driven transport of fresh shelf water into the upper 30 m of the Labrador Sea

Lena M. Schulze Chretien and Eleanor Frajka-Williams

Lena M. Schulze Chretien

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Marine Science Research Institute, Jacksonville University, FL, USA

Eleanor Frajka-Williams

University of Southampton, National Oceanography Center, Southampton, UK

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