Circulation and water mass modification in the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 845-864

  Jullion, Loic ^a   Heywood, Karen J ^a   Naveira Garabato, Alberto C ^b   Stevens, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Currents; Water masses

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATERS; BRAZIL CURRENT; BRAZIL-MALVINAS CONFLUENCE; CURRENTS; DEEP WATER; INVERSE MODELS; MODEL DIAGNOSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; SALT FLUX; SOUTH ATLANTIC; STRONG INTERACTION; SUBANTARCTIC MODE WATER; SUBDUCTION RATES; SUBTROPICAL FRONT; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; THERMOHALINE; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURES; WATER MASS; WATER MASSES;

OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

TROPICS;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CONFLUENCE; DEEP WATER; FRONT; GYRE; HEAT FLUX; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MODE WATER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ARGENTINE BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL CURRENT; MALVINAS CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77955737615     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4174.1     Document Type: Article

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