Entrainment in the Denmark Strait overflow plume by meso-scale eddies
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Atmospheric forcing of salinity in the overflow of Denmark Strait
Abstract. The temporal evolution of the characteristics of Denmark Strait Overflow Water (DSOW) is reconstructed using hydrographic data and compared with possible atmospheric forcing mechanisms. It is concluded that the main factor influencing the DSOW characteristics at a time scale of one to several years is the difference in mean sea level pressure across Denmark Strait or, in other words, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ocean Science
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1812-0792
DOI: 10.5194/os-6-301-2010