Wind forcing of salinity anomalies in the Denmark Strait overflow

Ocean Science

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 821-834

  Hall, S ^a,b   Dye, S R ^b   Heywood, K J ^a   Wadley, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; MIXING; PLUME; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SILL; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; VOLUME; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); DENMARK STRAIT; EAST GREENLAND CURRENT; GREENLAND; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 82955216191     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-7-821-2011     Document Type: Article

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