Internal modes of multidecadal variability in the Arctic Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2496-2510

  Frankcombe, Leela M ^a   Dijkstra, Henk A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arctic; Multidecadal variability; Ocean models; Salinity; Topographic effects

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; OCEAN MODEL; SALINITY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEAN CURRENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE; TIME MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERNAL WAVE; MODELING; ROSSBY WAVE; SALINITY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 78650185398     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4487.1     Document Type: Article

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