Transport estimates of the Western Branch of the Norwegian Atlantic Current from glider surveys

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 79, Issue , 2013, Pages 86-95

  Hoydalsvik F ^a   Mauritzen, C ^a   Orvik, K A ^b   LaCasce, J H ^c   Lee, C M ^d   Gobat, J ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

AMOC; Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation; Glider; International Polar Year; IPY; Norwegian Atlantic Current; Ocean monitoring; Ocean weather station mike; Svin y; Transport; Variability

Indexed keywords

AMOC; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR; IPY; OCEAN MONITORING; OCEAN WEATHER; TRANSPORT; VARIABILITY;

GLIDERS; MOORING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DEEP WATER; DIVING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MONITORING; OCEANIC CURRENT; OVERTURN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84879480600     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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