Observations of highly regular oscillations in the overflow plume downstream of the Faroe Bank Channel

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Geyer, Florian ^a,b,c   Osterhus S ^a,c   Hansen, B ^d   Quadfasel, D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d Faroese Fisheries Laboratory   (Faroe Islands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

COLD WATER; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; FLOW VELOCITY; OSCILLATION; PLUME; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE BANK CHANNEL;

EID: 33847753814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003693     Document Type: Article

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