Variability of the overflow water transport in the western subpolar North Atlantic, 1950-97

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 435-456

  Kieke, Dagmar ^a   Rhein, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; MEASUREMENT THEORY; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEAN STRUCTURES; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

DENMARK STRAIT OVERFLOW WATER; GEOSTROPHIC VELOCITY RELATIVE; GIBBS FRACTURE ZONE WATER; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OVERFLOW WATER TRANSPORT;

WATER WAVES;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MASS TRANSPORT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); IRMINGER SEA; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 33646402580     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2847.1     Document Type: Article

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