Export of Labrador Sea Water from the subpolar North Atlantic: A Lagrangian perspective

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 1798-1818

  Bower, Amy ^a   Lozier, Susan ^b   Gary, Stefan ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary currents; Deep Western Boundary Current; Floats; Labrador Sea Water; North Atlantic Current

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENTS; DEEP WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; FLOATS; LABRADOR SEA WATERS; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; TROPICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC DATA; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DATA SET; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN; SEAWATER; SUBMERSIBLE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER FLOW; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); FLEMISH CAP; GRAND BANKS; LABRADOR SEA; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT;

EID: 79960316708     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.060     Document Type: Article

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