Convection in the western North Atlantic sub-polar gyre: Do small-scale wind events matter?

Arctic-Subarctic Ocean Fluxes: Defining the Role of the Northern Seas in Climate

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 629-652

  Pickart, Robert S ^a   Våge, Kjetil ^a,e   Moore, G W K ^b   Renfrew, Ian A ^c   Ribergaard, Mads Hvid ^d   Davies, Huw C ^e  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 44349182923     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6774-7_27     Document Type: Chapter

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