Mid-depth recirculation observed in the interior Labrador and Irminger seas by direct velocity measurements

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6800, 2000, Pages 66-69

  Lavender, Kara L ^a   Davis, Russ E ^a   Owens, W Brechner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

IRMINGER SEA; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 0034618704     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35024048     Document Type: Article

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