Spreading of Denmark strait overflow water in the western subpolar north Atlantic: Insights from eddy-resolving simulations with a passive tracer

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2913-2932

  Xu, Xiaobiao ^a   Rhines, Peter B ^b   Chassignet, Eric P ^a   Schmitz, William J ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abyssal circulation; Boundary currents; Circulation Dynamics; Ocean circulation; Ocean dynamics; Potential vorticity; Topographic effects

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS; TOPOGRAPHY; VORTICITY;

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN DYNAMICS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

FLOW OF WATER;

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; CFC; EDDY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TRACER; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK STRAIT; FLEMISH CAP; IRMINGER SEA; LABRADOR SEA; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT;

EID: 84951336026     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0179.1     Document Type: Article

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