A new look at Greenland flow distortion and its impact on barrier flow, tip jets and coastal oceanography

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Moore, G W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; SEA ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; COASTAL OCEANOGRAPHY; COASTAL TOPOGRAPHY; FLOW DISTORTION; GREENLAND; HIGH SPEED WIND EVENTS; ICELANDS; OCEANIC EDDIES; SURFACE WINDS; TIP JET; WIND DIRECTIONS;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

COASTAL ZONE; EDDY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLYNYA; SEA ICE; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ICELAND;

EID: 84870582122     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL054017     Document Type: Article

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