Stability and forcing of the Iceland-Faroe inflow of water, heat, and salt to the Arctic

Ocean Science

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1013-1026

  Hansen, B ^a   Hatun H ^a   Kristiansen, R ^a   Olsen, S M ^b   Osterhus S ^c  

^a FAROE MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Faroe Islands)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; COUPLING; HEAT BALANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SALINITY; SALT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABILIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TOPOGRAPHY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; VOLUME; WATER FLOW; WIND VELOCITY; INFLOW; OUTFLOW; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TIME SERIES; TIMESCALE; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND-SCOTLAND RIDGE; NORWEGIAN SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ICELAND-FAROE RIDGE;

EID: 78650150944     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-6-1013-2010     Document Type: Article

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