Freshwater components and transports in the Fram Strait &ndash; recent observations and changes since the late 1990s

Rabe, B.; Schauer, U.; Mackensen, A.; Karcher, M.; Hansen, E.; Beszczynska-Möller, A.

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Freshwater components and transports in the Fram Strait – recent observations and changes since the late 1990s

B. Rabe, U. Schauer, A. Mackensen, M. Karcher, E. Hansen, and A. Beszczynska-Möller

B. Rabe

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

U. Schauer

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

A. Mackensen

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

M. Karcher

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

E. Hansen

Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsoe, Norway

A. Beszczynska-Möller

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

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