Deep convection in the Irminger sea forced by the Greenland tip jet

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6945, 2003, Pages 152-156

  Pickart, Robert S ^a   Spall, Michael A ^a   Ribergaard, Mads Hvid ^b   Moore, G W K ^c   Milliff, Ralph F ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d NWRA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; JETS; METEOROLOGY; SALINE WATER; TEMPERATURE; WIND STRESS;

DEEP CONVECTION;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CONVECTION; DEEP SEA; DEEP WATER; WATER MASS;

ARTICLE; GREENLAND; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEA; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND;

IRMINGER SEA;

EID: 0037666800     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01729     Document Type: Article

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