Characterizing the eddy field in the Arctic Ocean halocline

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 8800-8817

  Zhao, Mengnan ^a   Timmermans, Mary Louise ^a   Cole, Sylvia ^b   Krishfield, Richard ^b   Proshutinsky, Andrey ^b   Toole, John ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic halocline; mesoscale eddies; Rossby deformation radius

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; AZIMUTH; CLIMATOLOGY; EDDY COVARIANCE; GYRE; HALOCLINE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ROSSBY NUMBER; ROSSBY WAVE; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; VORTEX;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 85027923970     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010488     Document Type: Article

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