Eddy overturning across a shelf edge front: Kongsfjorden, west Spitsbergen

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Tverberg, V ^a   Nost, O A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DENSITY GRADIENTS; EULERIAN; MODEL RESULTS; SALINITY FIELDS; SHELF EDGES; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SLOPE CURRENTS; SLOPE FLOW; SPITSBERGEN; STEADY STATE; THREE MODELS; UPPER WATER COLUMN; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER COLUMNS; WATER MASS;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

EDDY; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; OVERTURN; SALINITY; SHELF BREAK FRONT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 68149170590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005106     Document Type: Article

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