Mid-depth ventilation in the western boundary current system of the sub-polar gyre

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1025-1054

  Pickart, Robert S ^a   Spall, Michael A ^a   Lazier, John R N ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; VENTILATION;

LABRADOR SEA; MID DEPTH WATER MASS FORMATION; NORTH ATLANTIC SUB POLAR GYRE; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT SYSTEM;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

EID: 0031171628     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00122-7     Document Type: Article

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