The baroclinic surface currents in the Kattegat

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 97-121

  Nielsen, Morten Holtegaard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

57 N 11 E; Baroclinic motion; Denmark; Density front; Earth rotation; Kattegat; Oceanographic data; Sweden

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; FISHERIES; FLOW OF WATER; FRICTION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FRICTIONAL DAMPING; KELVIN WAVES; SURFACE CURRENTS; SURFACE SALINITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; OCEANIC CURRENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KATTEGAT; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 18144399343     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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