Shallow pycnoclines and mode water subduction in the eastern North Atlantic

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 96-114

  Paillet, Jérôme ^a,c   Arhan, Michel ^b  

^a Serv Hydrographique/Oceanogr Mar   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c EPSHOM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELLING; MODE WATER SUBDUCTION; SHALLOW PYCNOCLINES; SUBPOLAR MODE WATER; WATER MASSES;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0029731105     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0096:SPAMWS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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