Along-slope variability of barotropic transport in the Nordic Seas: Simplified dynamics tested against observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Aaboe, S ^a   Nost O A ^a   Hansen, E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW FIELDS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FRAM STRAIT; GEOSTROPHIC DYNAMICS; GREENLAND SEA; NORDIC SEAS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; SLOPE EVOLUTION; SOUTHERN NORWAY; WATER MASS;

DYNAMICS;

BAROTROPIC MOTION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FLOW FIELD; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; VELOCITY PROFILE; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 67649213385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005094     Document Type: Article

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