Mechanisms for variable North Atlantic-Nordic seas exchanges

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Sando A B ^a,b   Nilsen, J E O ^b,c   Eldevik, T ^b,d   Bentsen, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPHASE; ATLANTIC WATER; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC PATTERN; BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; DENMARK STRAIT; HYDRAULIC CONTROL; ICELANDS; NORDIC SEAS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; OCEAN MODEL; POLAR WATERS; SLOPE CURRENTS; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER MASS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BAROTROPIC MOTION; INFLOW; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OUTFLOW; TIME SERIES; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK STRAIT; FAROE ISLANDS; FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL; ICELAND; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84870910443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008177     Document Type: Article

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