Volume transport and mixing of the Faroe Bank Channel overflow from one year of moored measurements

Ocean Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 451-470

  Ullgren, Jenny E ^a   Darelius, Elin ^b   Fer, Ilker ^b  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; ENTRAINMENT; GRAVITY WAVE; HEAT BUDGET; MESOSCALE MOTION; MIXING; MOORING SYSTEM; PLUME; TIMESCALE; TURBULENCE; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE BANK CHANNEL; ICELAND BASIN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84961801070     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-12-451-2016     Document Type: Article

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