Mechanisms of heat, freshwater, oxygen and nutrient transports and budgets at 24.5°N in the subtropical North Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1099-1128

  Lavín, Alicia M ^a   Bryden, Harry L ^b   Parrilla, Gregorio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic circulation; Freshwater transport; Meridional overturning; Nutrient transport; Ocean heat transport; Oxygen transport; Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SALTS; SILICATES;

SALT TRANSPORT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC MODE; BAROTROPIC MODE; CIRCULATION; EKMAN TRANSPORT; FRESHWATER; HEAT FLUX; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OXYGEN;

(SUBTROPICAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0242276078     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(03)00095-5     Document Type: Article

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