Formation and export of deep water in the Labrador and Irminger Seas in a GCM

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 510-532

  Deshayes, Julie ^a   Frankignoul, Claude ^a   Drange, Helge ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d Nansen Zhu International Research Centre   (China)

Author keywords

Convection; Deep water spreading; Deep Western Boundary Current; Interannual variability; Labrador Sea Water; North Atlantic subpolar gyre circulation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CATCHMENTS; FLOW OF WATER; MASS TRANSFER; OCEAN CURRENTS;

DEEP WATER SPREADING; DEEP WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LABRADOR SEA WATER; NORTH ATLANTIC SUBPOLAR GYRE CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CONVECTION; DEEP WATER; DEEP WATER FORMATION; GYRE; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; SIMULATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLEMISH CAP; IRMINGER SEA; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 34047134587     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.12.014     Document Type: Article

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