Influence of the Icelandic Low latitude on the frequency of Greenland tip jet events: Implications for Irminger Sea convection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Bakalian, F M ^a   Hameed, S ^a   Pickart, R ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; JETS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WIND;

AIR TEMPERATURE; JET STREAM; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CONVECTION; OVERTURN; WESTERLY; WIND;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; IRMINGER SEA; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 34250766148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003807     Document Type: Article

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