Baroclinic instability of the Faroe Bank Channel overflow

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2698-2717

  Guo, Chuncheng ^a   Ilicak, Mehmet ^a   Fer, Ilker ^a   Darelius, Elin ^a   Bentsen, Mats ^a  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Circulation Dynamics; Internal waves; Models and modeling; Ocean circulation; Ocean dynamics; Ocean models; Topographic effects

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL WAVES; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN DYNAMICS; OCEAN MODEL; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; INTERNAL WAVE; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE BANK CHANNEL;

EID: 84910027677     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0080.1     Document Type: Article

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