Wyville Thomson Ridge Overflow Water: Spatial and temporal distribution in the Rockall Trough

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1153-1162

  Johnson, Clare ^a   Sherwin, Toby ^a   Smythe Wright, Denise ^b   Shimmield, Tracy ^a   Turrell, William ^c  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greenland Scotland Ridge; Intermediate water mass; Rockall Trough; Wyville Thomson Ridge

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC WATER; EDDY ACTIVITY; GREENLAND-SCOTLAND RIDGE; HISTORICAL DATA; HISTORICAL OBSERVATION; ICELAND BASIN; INFLEXION POINT; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; INTERMEDIATE WATER MASS; LABRADOR SEA WATERS; MODELLING STUDIES; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RECIRCULATIONS; ROCKALL TROUGH; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; THOMSON; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS; TRANSPORT ROUTES; WATER MASS; WESTERN SIDE;

OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

CYCLONE; DENSITY FRONT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OUTFLOW; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER DEPTH; WATER FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ROCKALL TROUGH; WYVILLE THOMSON RIDGE;

EID: 77956872079     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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