Dynamics of an idealized Beaufort Gyre: 1. the effect of a small beta and lack of western boundaries

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1249-1261

  Yang, Jiayan ^a   Proshutinsky, Andrey ^a   Lin, Xiaopei ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Beaufort Gyre; beta effect; freshwater content; western boundary

Indexed keywords

CORIOLIS FORCE; EDDY COVARIANCE; FRESHWATER INPUT; FRICTION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GYRE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SVERDRUP TRANSPORT; TORQUE; VORTICITY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958591658     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JC011296     Document Type: Article

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