Monitoring the integrated deep meridional flow in the tropical North Atlantic: Long-term performance of a geostrophic array

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 528-546

  Kanzow, Torsten ^a,b   Send, Uwe ^a,c   Zenk, Walter ^a   Chave, Alan D ^d   Rhein, Monika ^e  

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

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bottom pressure; Density; Geostrophic transport; Meridional overturning circulation; Time series

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

BOTTOM PRESSURE; GEOSTROPHIC TRANSPORT; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM PRESSURE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33644895400     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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