The impact of polar mesoscale storms on northeast Atlantic Ocean circulation

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-37

  Condron, Alan ^a   Renfrew, Ian A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DEEP WATER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE; STORM;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); DENMARK STRAIT; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84871568151     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1661     Document Type: Article

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