Where does dense water sink? a subpolar gyre example

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 810-826

  Spall, M A ^a   Pickart, R S ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION;

THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

DENSE WATER; DOWNWELLING; GYRE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 0035268810     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<0810:WDDWSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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