Passive tracers and active dynamics: A model study of hydrography and circulation in the northern North Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Mauritzen, C ^a   Hjøllo, Solfrid S ^b   Sandø, Anne Britt ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EQUATION OF STATE; HYDROGRAPHY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERTURN; SALINITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 33847252599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003252     Document Type: Article

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