Upstream sources of the Denmark Strait Overflow: Observations from a high-resolution mooring array

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 94-112

  Harden, B E ^a   Pickart, R S ^a   Valdimarsson, Hédinn ^b   Våge, Kjetil ^c   de Steur, Laura ^d,e   Richards, Clark ^a   Bahr, Frank ^a   Torres, Dan ^a   Børve, Eli ^c,h   Jónsson, Steingrímur ^b,f   Macrander, Andreas ^b   Østerhus, Svein ^g   Håvik, Lisbeth ^c   Hattermann, Tore ^h  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^g Uni Research Climate   (Norway)

^h NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOORING;

DENMARK STRAIT; DENMARK STRAIT OVERFLOWS; EAST GREENLAND CURRENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROGRAPHIC PROPERTIES; OUT OF PHASE; TIME-SCALES; WIND FORCING;

FLOW OF WATER;

ARRAY; INSTRUMENTATION; MOORING SYSTEM; OCEANIC CURRENT; SHELF BREAK; WATER FLOW; WIND FORCING;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK STRAIT; EAST GREENLAND CURRENT; ICELAND SHELF;

EID: 84963823026     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2016.02.007     Document Type: Article

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