Water column structure and statistics of denmark strait overflow water cyclones

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 110-126

  Von Appen, Wilken Jon ^a,c   Pickart, Robert S ^a   Brink, Kenneth H ^a   Haine, Thomas W N ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep Western Boundary Current; Denmark Strait overflow water cyclone; East Greenland boundary current system; East Greenland Spill Jet

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENT SYSTEM; DEEP WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; DENMARK STRAIT OVERFLOW WATERS; EAST GREENLAND BOUNDARY CURRENTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SPILL JET; SURFACE EXPRESSION; TRANSLATION VELOCITY;

MOORING; SPEED;

STORMS;

AZIMUTH; CYCLONE; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER COLUMN; WAVE VELOCITY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ARCTIC; DENMARK STRAIT; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

EID: 84890212036     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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