Meso- to large-scale structure of subducting water in the subtropical gyre of the Eastern North Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-61

  Joyce, Terrence M ^a   Luyten, James R ^a   Kubryakov, Alexander ^b   Bahr, Frank B ^a   Pallant, Julie S ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MARINE HYDROPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GYRE; MESOSCALE FEATURES; SUBDUCTION; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; WATER MASSES;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0031961210     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<0040:MTLSSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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