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Heburn & Johnson 1995
Heburn, G.W. and Johnson, C.D. (1995). Simulations of the mesoscale circulation of the Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian Seas. Journal of Geophysical Research 100: doi: 10.1029/94JC02809. issn: 0148-0227.

The Greenland, Iceland, and Norwegian Seas provide the only link between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Oceans. This is a very dynamic region, rich in mesoscale variability. A two-layer, hydrodynamic version of the Navy layered ocean model is used to simulate the mesoscale frontal features and associated current systems. The model is wind-driven using monthly mean wind stresses and inflow/outflow mass flux from the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans. The current transports from the model results compare favorably with transport measurements from a number of observational experiments. ¿American Geophysical Union 1995

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Oceanography, General, Marginal and semienclosed seas, Oceanography, General, Numerical modeling, Oceanography, Physical, General circulation, Oceanography, Physical, Currents
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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