Deep Labrador Current and its variability in 1996-2005

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Dengler, Marcus ^a   Fischer, Jürgen ^a   Schott, Friedrich A ^a   Zantopp, Rainer ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GEOPHYSICS; MOORING; WATER;

BOUNDARY CURRENT STRENGTH; MOORING OBSERVATIONS; WATER MASS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; MOORING SYSTEM; WATER MASS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 34248585476     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026702     Document Type: Article

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