Water mass pathways between the subtropical and tropical ocean in a climatological simulation of the North Atlantic ocean circulation

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 331-371

  Malanotte Rizzoli, Paola ^a   Hedstrom, Kate ^b   Arango, Hernan ^b   Haidvogel, Dale B ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Intertropical Convergence Zone; Bathymetry; North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL REGION; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033880481     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0265(00)00051-8     Document Type: Article

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