Variability of the Atlantic inflow to the Nordic Seas and its causes inferred from observations of sea surface height

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Richter, K ^a,b   Segtnan, O H ^b   Furevik, T ^b  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC WATER; FAROE CURRENTS; ICELANDS; NORDIC SEAS; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SLOPE CURRENTS; TIDE GAUGES; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WIND FORCING;

TIDE GAGES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LINEARITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RECONSTRUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TIDE GAUGE; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WIND FORCING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84859475753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007719     Document Type: Article

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