Intensification of geostrophic currents in the Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3130-3138

  Mcphee, Miles G ^a  

^a McPhee Research Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CONTINUOUS SAMPLING; DRIFT VELOCITIES; DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; HYDROGRAPHIC DATA; SURFACE GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS;

CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOPOTENTIAL; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GYRE; HYDROGRAPHY; OCEANIC CURRENT; TIME SERIES; TOPOGRAPHY; UPPER OCEAN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT; CANADA BASIN; CHUKCHI; NORTH CAROLINA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878141996     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00289.1     Document Type: Article

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