The North Atlantic subpolar circulation in an eddy-resolving global ocean model

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 126-143

  Marzocchi, Alice ^a   Hirschi, Joël J M ^b   Holliday, N Penny ^b   Cunningham, Stuart A ^b,c   Blaker, Adam T ^b   Coward, Andrew C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eddy resolving; NEMO; North Atlantic; Ocean modelling; Physical oceanography; Subpolar gyre warming

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; MIXING; OCEAN CURRENTS;

EDDY-RESOLVING; NEMO; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN MODELLING; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SUBPOLAR GYRES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY CURRENT; EDDY; GLOBAL OCEAN; GYRE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); LABRADOR SEA; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT;

EID: 84909619774     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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