Wind-driven monthly variations in transport and the flow field in the Faroe-Shetland Channel

Polar Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-22

  Sherwin, Toby J ^a   Hughes, Sarah L ^b   Turrell, William R ^b   Hansen, Bogi ^c   Østerhus, Svein ^d  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Faroese Fisheries Laboratory   (Faroe Islands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Currents; Meridional overturning circulation; North Atlantic; Seasonal variability

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DOWNWELLING; FLOW FIELD; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; OVERTURN; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER DEPTH; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 41049089081     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2007.00036.x     Document Type: Article

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