Faroe bank channel overflow: Mesoscale variability

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2137-2154

  Darelius, Elin ^a   Fer, Ilker ^a   Quadfasel, Detlef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Density currents; Eddies; Mesoscale processes; North Atlantic Ocean; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

DENSITY CURRENTS; EDDIES; MESOSCALE PROCESS; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS;

TIME SERIES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CHANNEL FLOW; EDDY; PHASE VELOCITY; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; VORTEX SHEDDING; VORTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84856103508     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-035.1     Document Type: Article

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