On the interplay between the circulation in the surface and the intermediate layers of the Arctic ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1393-1409

  Lique, Camille ^a   Johnson, Helen L ^a   Davis, Peter E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circulation Dynamics; Ocean dynamics

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ANTI-CYCLONIC GYRE; ATLANTIC WATER; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; CURRENT STRENGTH; INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; OCEAN DYNAMICS; SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATION; TWO-LAYER SYSTEMS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTICYCLONE; EKMAN PUMPING; GYRE; INTERMEDIATE WATER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84944043722     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0183.1     Document Type: Article

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