The circulation of North Atlantic Deep Water at 16°N, 2000-2003

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Rhein, Monika ^a   Walter, Maren ^a   Mertens, Christian ^a   Steinfeldt, Reiner ^a   Kieke, Dagmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; OXYGEN; SALINE WATER; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DEEP WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT (DWBC); NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER (NADW);

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CFC; FLOW VELOCITY; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TRACER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 4644313130     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019993     Document Type: Article

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