Wind-driven variability of the large-scale recirculating flow in the Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2534-2550

  Isachsen, Pål E ^a,b   LaCasce, Joe H ^c,d   Mauritzen, C ^c,d   Hakkinen S ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DRAG; FLOW OF WATER; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEAWATER; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

RECIRCULATING FLOW;

WIND;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOTTOM FRICTION; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 0042600040     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2534:WVOTLR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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