A Lagrangian numerical investigation of the origins and fates of the salinity maximum water in the Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Blanke, Bruno ^a   Arhan, Michel ^a   Lazar, Alban ^b   Prévost, Gwenaëlle ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMATION WATER; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SALINITY;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037110368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001318     Document Type: Article

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