The East Greenland boundary current system south of Denmark Strait

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-19

  Brearley, J Alexander ^a   Pickart, Robert S ^b   Valdimarsson, Hedinn ^c   Jonsson, Steingrimur ^c,d   Schmitt, Raymond W ^b   Haine, Thomas W N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denmark Strait Overflow Water; East Greenland boundary current; Interannual variability; Mixing; Overturning

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; BOUNDARY CURRENT SYSTEM; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; DENMARK STRAIT; DENMARK STRAIT OVERFLOWS; DOUBLE DIFFUSIVE; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; GREENLAND; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OVERTURNING; SPILL JET; UPPER LAYER; VESSEL-MOUNTED ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; VOLUME FLUX; VORTICITY ANALYSIS;

FLOW OF WATER;

MIXING;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BAROCLINIC MODE; BOUNDARY CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; LATITUDE; MIXING; SHELF BREAK; SLOPE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84856572472     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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