Subsurface temperature maxima in the Labrador Sea and the subpolar North Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Karstensen, Johannes ^a   Avsic, Tom ^a   Fischer, Jürgen ^a   Send, Uwe ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER;

DEEP CONVECTION REGIONS; MAXIMUM CONVECTION DEPTH; SPECIFIC WATER MASS; SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURE MAXIMA;

GEOPHYSICS;

FRESHWATER INPUT; GYRE; HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC CONVECTION; OVERTURN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND SEA; LABRADOR SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 34248591837     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026613     Document Type: Article

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