Response of the eastern North Atlantic subpolar gyre to the North Atlantic Oscillation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Herbaut, Christophe ^a   Houssais, Marie Noëlle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WIND STRESS;

COLD WATERS; LOCAL RESPONSE; NEWFOUNDLANDS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENTS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; SALINITY CHANGE; SUBPOLAR GYRES; SUBTROPICAL WATER;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

ANTICYCLONE; GYRE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SALINITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 71949126111     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039090     Document Type: Article

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