Interannual variability in the hydrography of the Norwegian Atlantic Current: Frontal versus advective response to atmospheric forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Richter, K ^a   Maus, S ^b  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WIND STRESS;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CYCLONIC CIRCULATION; DELAYED RESPONSE; GLOBAL CLIMATES; GREENLAND-SCOTLAND RIDGE; HYDROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; HYDROGRAPHIC PROPERTIES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NORDIC SEAS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENTS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; RAPID RESPONSE; SPATIOTEMPORAL RESPONSE; SUBPOLAR FRONTS; WIND STRESS CURL;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; HYDROGRAPHY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; POLAR FRONT; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WARM WATER; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORWAY; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84855321323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007311     Document Type: Article

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