A large eddy in the central Arctic Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Aagaard, Knut ^a   Andersen, Roger ^a   Swift, James ^b   Johnson, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ARCTIC OCEAN; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; NORTH POLE;

ABYSSAL PLAIN; AIR MASS; ANTICYCLONE; FORMATION MECHANISM; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 48549098915     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033461     Document Type: Article

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