Labrador Sea Water circulation in the Northern North Atlantic Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 565-581

  Faure, Vincent ^a   Speer, Kevin ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; OCEAN CURRENTS;

BASIN-SCALE CIRCULATION; LABRADOR SEA WATER (LSW); NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; POTENTIAL VORTICITY (PV);

SEAWATER;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; FLOW VELOCITY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); LABRADOR SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 16244422392     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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