On the effect of a sill on dense water formation in a marginal sea

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-345

  Iovino, Doroteaciro ^a,b,c   Straneo, Fiammetta ^d   Spall, Michael A ^d  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MARGINAL SEA; OCEAN BASIN; OUTFLOW; SILL; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 56649092900     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224008786176016     Document Type: Article

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