The impact of mid-depth recirculations on the distribution of tracers in the North Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-222

  Lozier, M Susan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; TRACER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

ALTERNATE ROUTES; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; DEEP WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; TRACER CONCENTRATION; TRANSIENT TRACERS; VERTICAL DIFFERENTIATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033556610     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900264     Document Type: Article

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