Mesoscale Atlantic water eddy off the Laptev Sea continental slope carries the signature of upstream interaction

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Dmitrenko, I A ^a   Kirillov, S A ^b   Ivanov, V V ^c   Woodgate, R A ^d  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; INFLOW; MESOSCALE EDDY; MOORING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; FRAM STRAIT; KARA SEA; LAPTEV SEA;

EID: 51749095923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004491     Document Type: Article

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