Effect of wintertime low-pressure systems on the Atlantic inflow to the Nordic seas

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Richter, K ^a   Furevik, T ^a,b   Orvik, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEA LEVEL;

CRITICAL FACTORS; CURRENT METERS; FAROE CURRENTS; GREENLAND-SCOTLAND RIDGE; ICELANDS; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; NORDIC SEAS; RESIDENCE TIME; SEA LEVEL HEIGHT; STORM TRACK; TIME-SCALES; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WEST COAST; WIND FIELD;

STORMS;

INFLOW; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL; STORM; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WIND FIELD;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 72849136812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005392     Document Type: Article

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