Modelling hydrographic changes in the Labrador sea over the past five decades

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 406-426

  Lu, Youyu ^a   Wright, Daniel G ^a   Yashayaev, Igor ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CLIMATOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LABRADOR SEA WATER (LSW); OCEAN CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT (SSH);

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

BUOYANCY; CIRCULATION MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; HYDROGRAPHY; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 34250178432     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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