Meteorological buoy observations from the central Iceland Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3199-3208

  Harden, B E ^a   Renfrew, I A ^b   Petersen, G N ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BUOY SYSTEM; COLD AIR; HEAT FLUX; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TURBULENT FLOW;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ICELAND SHELF; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84929706081     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022584     Document Type: Article

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