Circulation and transport at the southeast tip of Greenland

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 437-457

  Daniault, Nathalie ^a   Lherminier, Pascale ^a   Mercier, Herlé ^a  

^a Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Currents; Seasonal variability; Transport; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; CURRENT METERS; CURRENTS; DIRECT CURRENT; GREENLAND; LOWER FREQUENCIES; PEAK AMPLITUDE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME SPAN; TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT VARIABILITY; WIND STRESS CURL;

WIND STRESS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; IRMINGER CURRENT;

EID: 79953653836     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4428.1     Document Type: Article

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