Topographic Steering of the Upper Arctic Ocean Circulation by Deep Flows

Johan Nilsson; Jan-Adrian H. Kallmyr; Pål Erik Isachsen

doi:10.16993/tellusa.4072

Topographic Steering of the Upper Arctic Ocean Circulation by Deep Flows

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Volume 76 (2024): Issue 1

By: Johan Nilsson , Jan-Adrian H. Kallmyr and Pål Erik Isachsen

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/tellusa.4072 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 206 - 226

Submitted on: Apr 14, 2024

Accepted on: Oct 14, 2024

Published on: Nov 12, 2024

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

Arctic Ocean circulation,

Topographic steering,

Ekman pumping,

mesoscale eddies

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