Eddies of newly formed upper Labrador Sea water

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C9, 1996, Pages 20711-20726

  Pickart, Robert S ^a   Smethie, William M ^b   Lazier, John R N ^c   Jones, E Peter ^c   Jenkins, William J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTICS; EDDIES; UPPER LABRADOR SEA WATER; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 0030430892     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC01453     Document Type: Article

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