On the low-frequency phase relation between the Denmark Strait and the Faroe-Bank Channel overflows

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 530-550

  Serra, Nuno ^a   Käse, Rolf H ^a   Köhl, Armin ^a   Stammer, Detlef ^a   Quadfasel, Detlef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DECADAL VARIATION; DENSE WATER; GYRE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER EXCHANGE; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK STRAIT; FAROE BANK CHANNEL; ICELAND; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 77958545462     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2010.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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