Convection and restratification in the Labrador Sea, 1990-2000

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1819-1835

  Lazier, John ^a   Hendry, Ross ^a   Clarke, Allyn ^a   Yashayaev, Igor ^a   Rhines, Peter ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Heat and salt fluxes; Labrador sea; North Atlantic ocean; Stratification; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

RESTRATIFICATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SALINITY; STRATIFICATION; VERTICAL MIXING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 0036813940     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(02)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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