Modeling the impact of polar mesocyclones on ocean circulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Condtron, Alan ^a   Bigg, Grant R ^b   Renfrew, Ian A ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS; VORTEX FLOW;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CYCLONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 57549113101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004599     Document Type: Article

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