Cascades of dense water around the world ocean

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-98

  Ivanov, V V ^a   Shapiro, G I ^a,c   Huthnance, J M ^b   Aleynik, D L ^c   Golovin, P N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Convection; Data analysis; Density sections; Overflow; Shelf edge dynamics; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; DATA REDUCTION; EVAPORATION; FLUXES; FREEZING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SALINE WATER;

DENSE WATER; SALINIZATION; SHELF-DEEP OCEAN EXCHANGE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DENSE WATER; GLOBAL OCEAN; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 1842591355     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2003.12.002     Document Type: Review

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