North Sea circulation: Atlantic inflow and its destination

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Winther, Nina G ^a   Johannessen, Johnny A ^a,b  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEAWATER; WIND;

COASTAL CURRENT; INFLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WESTERLY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; NORWEGIAN CHANNEL; ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; SKAGERRAK; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447558211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003310     Document Type: Article

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