Offshore transport of dense water from the East Greenland shelf

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 229-245

  Harden, B E ^a   Renfrew, I A ^a   Pickart, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Atm ocean structure phenomena; Circulation dynamics; Continental shelf slope; Eddies; Extreme events; Geographic location entity; Meridional overturning circulation; Physical meteorology and climatology; Upwelling downwelling

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; CONTINENTAL SHELF/SLOPE; EDDIES; EXTREME EVENTS; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; UPWELLING/DOWNWELLING;

DIGITAL STORAGE; STORMS; STREAM FLOW;

WIND;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DOWNWELLING; EDDY; EXTREME EVENT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; UPWELLING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EAST GREENLAND SHELF; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84892652289     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0218.1     Document Type: Article

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