Irminger current anticyclones in the Labrador Sea observed in the hydrographic record, 1990-2004

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 361-384

  Rykova, Tatiana ^a   Straneo, Fiammetta ^b   Lilly, Jonathan M ^c   Yashayaev, Igor ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BOUNDARY CURRENT; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGRAPHY; MESOSCALE EDDY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 75649114269     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224009789954739     Document Type: Article

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