A submesoscale coherent eddy in the Greenland Sea in 2003

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Kasajima, Yoshie ^a,b   Olsson, K Anders ^a,b   Johannessen, Truls ^a,b   Messias, Marie José ^c   Jeansson, Emil ^d   Bellerby, Richard G J ^a,b   Skjelvan, Ingunn ^a,b  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEANOGRAPHY; VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CFC; MESOSCALE EDDY; SHEAR FLOW; SULFUR COMPOUND; VELOCITY PROFILE; VORTEX FLOW;

ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

STRAWBERRY CRINKLE VIRUS;

EID: 33846133208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005CJ003130     Document Type: Article

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