Response of the Denmark strait overflow to Nordic Seas heat loss

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Grist, Jeremy P ^a   Josey, Simon A ^a   Sinha, Bablu ^a   Blaker, Adam T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLOW OF WATER; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEAWATER; WIND STRESS;

DENSE WATER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; PERTURBATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WATER EXCHANGE; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK STRAIT; IRMINGER SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 57049175998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004625     Document Type: Article

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