Convection above the Labrador continental slope

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 489-511

  Cuny, Jérôme ^a,b   Rhines, Peter B ^a   Schott, Friedrich ^c   Lazier, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Institut d'Astronomie et de Geophysique Georges Lemaître   (Belgium)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXING; MOORING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER;

HORIZONTAL FLUXES; LABRADOR CURRENT; LABRADOR SEA;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CONVECTION; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 18844434171     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2700.1     Document Type: Article

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