Interannual variability in the 1990s in the northern Atlantic and Nordic Seas

Journal of Atmospheric and Ocean Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-143

  Bigg, G R ^a   Dye, S R ^b   Wadley, M R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; East Icelandic Current; Norwegian Greenland Sea; Ocean convection; Ocean modelling

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; GYRE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 27844552945     PISSN: 17417538     EISSN: 17417546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17417530500282873     Document Type: Article

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