The Labrador Sea Deep Convection Experiment

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2033-2058

  Marshall, J ^a   Dobson, F ^b   Moore, K ^c   Rhines, P ^d   Visbeck, M ^e   D'Asaro, E ^d   Bumke, K ^f   Chang, S ^g   Davis, R ^h   Fischer, K ⁱ   Garwood, R ^j   Guest, P ^j   Harcourt, R ^j   Herbaut, C ^a   Holt, T ^g   Lazier, J ^b   Legg, S ^k   McWilliams, J ^l   Pickart, R ^k   Prater, M ^m   Renfrew, I ^c   Schott, F ^f   Send, U ^f   Smethie, W ^e   more..

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^f GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^g NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^k WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0001120993     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<2033:tlsdce>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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