The spatial variability of vertical velocity in an Iceland basin eddy dipole

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 121-140

  Pidcock, Rosalind ^a,b   Martin, Adrian ^a   Allen, John ^a   Painter, Stuart C ^a   Smeed, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dipole; Mesoscale; North Atlantic; Omega equation; Potential vorticity; Vertical velocity

Indexed keywords

DIPOLE; MESOSCALE; NORTH ATLANTIC; OMEGA EQUATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL; VORTICITY;

VELOCITY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTICYCLONE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; EDDY; HOMOGENEITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; RESOLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ICELAND BASIN;

EID: 84871974181     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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