Observed and modelled stability of overflow across the Greenland-Scotland ridge

Nature

Volumn 455, Issue 7212, 2008, Pages 519-522

  Olsen, Steffen M ^a   Hansen, Bogi ^b   Quadfasel, Detlef ^c   Østerhus, Svein ^d  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b Faroese Fisheries Laboratory   (Faroe Islands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; HINDCASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER SUPPLY;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAROE BANK CHANNEL; GREENLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 52949092254     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07302     Document Type: Article

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