Eddy formation near the west coast of Greenland

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1992-2002

  Bracco, Annalisa ^a,b   Pedlosky, Joseph ^a   Pickart, Robert S ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATERS; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; CURRENT CONFIGURATIONS; CURRENT STRUCTURES; DO-MAINS; EDDY FORMATIONS; FORMATION MECHANISMS; GREENLAND; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITIES; LABRADOR SEAS; LAYER MODELS; PERTURBATION ENERGIES; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC MODELS; TOPOGRAPHIC SLOPES; TRAPPED WAVES; VERTICAL LAYERS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WEST COASTS;

LANDFORMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOUNDARY CURRENT; COASTAL ZONE; EDDY; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OCEAN BASIN; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; IRMINGER SEA; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 58049093381     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3669.1     Document Type: Article

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