Direct measurements of the mean flow and eddy kinetic energy structure of the upper ocean circulation in the NE Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Knutsen, Øyvind ^a   Svendsen, Harald ^a   Øterhus, Svein ^a   Rossby, Tom ^b   Hansen, Bogi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c Faroese Fisheries Laboratory   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF WATER; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND EFFECTS;

ACOUSTICAL DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; DEEP CURRENTS; KINETIC ENERGY STRUCTURE; MEAN FLOW; UPPER OCEAN CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; EDDY; KINETIC ENERGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 25444455393     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023615     Document Type: Article

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