Heat and freshwater budgets of the Nordic seas computed from atmospheric reanalysis and ocean observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Segtnan, O H ^a   Furevik, T ^a   Jenkins, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; HEAT LOSSES;

ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS DATA; AVERAGE TEMPERATURE; BARENTS SEA; EDDY-SHEDDING; FRESHWATER INPUTS; GREENLAND; NORDIC SEAS; OCEAN HEAT; OCEAN OBSERVATIONS; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MASS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; HEAT BUDGET; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL PERIOD; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 80755126993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC006939     Document Type: Article

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