Mass and nutrient fluxes around Sedlo Seamount

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 2606-2617

  Machin F ^a,b   Pelegri J L ^b   Emelianov, M ^b   Isern Fontanet, J ^a   White, M ^c   Bashmachnikov, I ^d   Mohn, C ^c  

^a ULPGC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d University of Horta   (Portugal)

Author keywords

(27 26.3 W 40.1 40.3 N); Inverse model; Mass flux; Nutrient flux; OASIS; Sedlo Seamount

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER DATA; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; INVERSE MODELS; LABRADOR SEA WATERS; MASS FLUX; MASS TRANSPORT; MEDITERRANEAN WATERS; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; MIXING MODELS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NUTRIENT FLUXES; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WATER COMPOSITION; WATER FLOWS; WATER MASS; WATER TYPES;

HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

NUTRIENTS;

ALTIMETER; KINETIC ENERGY; MASS BALANCE; MASS TRANSPORT; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OASIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAMOUNT; WATER FLOW; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 71849099134     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.038     Document Type: Article

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