Simulations of CFC content and water mass age in the deep North Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C8, 1998, Pages 15885-15901

  England, Matthew H ^a   Holloway, Greg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFC; CIRCULATION MODELING; DEEP WATER; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; WATER MASS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0001139340     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/98JC00147     Document Type: Article

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