Observations of the mass and flow field at Porcupine Bank

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 380-392

  Mohn, Christian ^a   Bartsch, Joachim ^b   Meincke, Jenst ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b HYDROMOD SEAMAR Project Office   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Porcupine Bank; Taylor column formation; Tidal rectification

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; FLOW FIELD; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORCUPINE BANK;

ERETHIZON DORSATUM;

EID: 0036526029     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2001.1174     Document Type: Article

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