On the structure of the Lofoten Basin Eddy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4201-4212

  Soiland H ^a   Rossby, T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

eddy dynamics; eddy longevity; Lofoten Basin Eddy; Norwegian sea

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY;

ADIABATIC CONDITIONS; ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; EDDY LONGEVITY; LOFOTEN BASIN EDDY; NORWEGIAN SEA; SEASONAL THERMOCLINE; THERMAL CONVECTIONS; VESSEL-MOUNTED ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS;

NAVIGATION;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ADIABATIC PROCESS; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTICYCLONE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EDDY; LONGEVITY; MIXED LAYER; PARAMETERIZATION; PYCNOCLINE; THERMOCLINE; VELOCITY; VORTICITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LOFOTEN BASIN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84887122260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20301     Document Type: Article

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