Thermohaline circulation at three key sections in the North Atlantic over 1985-2002

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Marsh, Robert ^a   de Cuevas, Beverly A ^a   Coward, Andrew C ^a   Bryden, Harry L ^a   Álvarez, Marta ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY CURRENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

LABRADOR SEA; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION (MOC); SUBTROPICS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION (THC);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MONITORING SYSTEM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

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

EID: 22444433115     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022281     Document Type: Article

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