Circulation and variability of the North Atlantic Current in the vicinity of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 307-318

  Read, J F ^a   Pollard, R T ^a   Miller, P I ^b   Dale, A C ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone; Mesoscale eddies; Mid Atlantic Ridge; North Atlantic Current; Ocean circulation; Temporal variability; Water masses

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE ZONE; MESOSCALE EDDY; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENTS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WATER MASS;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; ECOSYSTEMS; EDDY CURRENTS; FRACTURE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEAN HABITATS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BENTHOS; COLD WATER; CURRENT VELOCITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MEANDER; MESOSCALE EDDY; NITROGEN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SALINITY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WARM WATER; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 77649190923     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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