Structure and forcing of the overflow at the Storfjorden sill and its connection to the Arctic coastal polynya in Storfjorden

Ocean Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 401-411

  Geyer, F ^a,b   Fer, I ^b,c   Smedsrud, L H ^b  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DENSE WATER; FJORD; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDROGRAPHY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POLYNYA; SEA ICE; SILL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY PROFILE; WIND FORCING;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; STORFJORDEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 77949903517     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-6-401-2010     Document Type: Article

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