Some dynamical constraints on upstream pathways of the denmark strait overflow

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3033-3053

  Yang, Jiayan ^a   Pratt, Lawrence J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary currents; Channel flows; Circulation Dynamics; Meridional overturning circulation; Ocean circulation; Topographic effects

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; OCEAN CURRENTS; WIND STRESS;

BOUNDARY CURRENTS; DENMARK STRAIT OVERFLOWS; DYNAMICAL CONSTRAINTS; EAST GREENLAND CURRENTS; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

FLOW OF WATER;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; BUOYANCY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK STRAIT; EAST GREENLAND CURRENT; FAROE BANK CHANNEL;

EID: 84919665586     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0227.1     Document Type: Article

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