Spreading of Labrador Sea Water in the eastern North Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C5, 1998, Pages 10223-10239

  Paillet, Jérôme ^a,d   Arhan, Michel ^b   McCartney, Michael S ^c  

^a SHOM Service Hydrographique de la Marine   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d Serv Hydrographique Oceanog Mar Centre Militaire d' Oceanorgraphie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; INTERMEDIATE WATER MASSES; WATER MASSES;

(NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 0032523656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc00262     Document Type: Article

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