Changes in the pool of Labrador Sea Water in the subpolar North Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Kieke, Dagmar ^a   Rhein, Monika ^a   Stramma, Lothar ^b   Smethie, William M ^c   Bullister, John L ^d   LeBel, Deborah A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MASS TRANSFER; SEAWATER; STATISTICS;

BAROCLINIC; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION INDEX;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEEP WATER; MASS TRANSPORT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; WATER MASS;

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

EID: 34249874651     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028959     Document Type: Article

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