Model simulation of Greenland Sea upper-ocean variability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Häkkinen, Sirpa ^a   Dupont, F ^b   Karcher, M ^c,d   Kauker, F ^c,d   Worthen, A D ^e   Zhang, J ^f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c OASYS Ocean Atmosphere Systems GmbH   (Germany)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINE WATER;

DEEP WATER FORMATION; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINITY; UPPER OCEAN; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 34548316801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003687     Document Type: Article

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