Intrinsic dynamics and long-term evolution of a convectively generated oceanic vortex in the Greenland Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Rubino, Angelo ^a   Androssov, Alexey ^b   Dotsenko, Sergey ^c  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA ICE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VORTEX FLOW;

ANALYTICAL THEORY; OCEAN-ICE MODEL; OCEANIC VORTEX;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VORTEX; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 35948957797     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030634     Document Type: Article

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