Physical and biogeochemical transports structure in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Álvarez, Marta ^a   Pérez, Fiz F ^a   Bryden, Harry ^b   Ríos, Aida F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mixing analysis; Physical and biogeochemical transports; Subpolar North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GYRE; MIXING; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 2642518996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc002015     Document Type: Article

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