The effect of tides on dense water formation in Arctic shelf seas

Postlethwaite, C. F.; Morales Maqueda, M. A.; le Fouest, V.; Tattersall, G. R.; Holt, J.; Willmott, A. J.

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The effect of tides on dense water formation in Arctic shelf seas

C. F. Postlethwaite, M. A. Morales Maqueda, V. le Fouest, G. R. Tattersall, J. Holt, and A. J. Willmott

C. F. Postlethwaite

National Oceanography Centre, Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L3 5DA, UK

M. A. Morales Maqueda

National Oceanography Centre, Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L3 5DA, UK

V. le Fouest

The Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Oban, PA37 1QA, UK

present address: Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, BP 8 CNRS & l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), 06238 Villefranche-sur-Mer Cedex, France

G. R. Tattersall

National Oceanography Centre, Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L3 5DA, UK

present address: Swathe Services, 1 Winstone Beacon, Saltash, Cornwall, PL12 4RU, UK

J. Holt

National Oceanography Centre, Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L3 5DA, UK

A. J. Willmott

National Oceanography Centre, Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L3 5DA, UK

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