Water mass transformation in the iceland sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 101, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-109

  Våge, Kjetil ^a   Moore, G W K ^b   Jónsson, Steingrímur ^c,d   Valdimarsson, Hédinn ^d  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^d MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Atlantic meridional overturning circulation; Cold air outbreak; Denmark strait overflow water; Iceland sea; North icelandic jet; Open ocean convection

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; METADATA; STREAM FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; COLD AIR OUTBREAK; DENMARK STRAIT OVERFLOW WATERS; ICELANDICS; ICELANDS; OPEN OCEAN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 84928685595     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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