Seasonal variability of the East Greenland Coastal Current

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3967-3987

  Bacon, Sheldon ^a   Marshall, Abigail ^b,c   Holliday, N Penny ^a   Aksenov, Yevgeny ^a   Dye, Stephen R ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic freshwater export; buoyancy driven current; East Greenland Coastal Current; mooring data; NEMO ocean model; wind driven current

Indexed keywords

SEA ICE; SHIPS; WATER;

ARCTIC FRESHWATER EXPORT; BUOYANCY-DRIVEN; EAST GREENLAND COASTAL CURRENTS; MOORING DATUM; OCEAN MODEL; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENTS;

BUOYANCY;

BUOYANCY; COASTAL CURRENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WIND FORCING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EAST GREENLAND CURRENT;

EID: 84904662808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009279     Document Type: Article

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