Mid-depth Lagrangian pathways in the North Atlantic and their impact on the salinity of the eastern subpolar gyre

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1196-1204

  Burkholder, Kristin C ^a   Lozier, M Susan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern North Atlantic; Lagrangian pathways; Mediterranean overflow water; Pathway variability; Physical oceanography

Indexed keywords

DEEP CONVECTION; EULERIAN; FRESH WATER; HIGH LATITUDES; LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN TRAJECTORIES; NEUTRAL TRANSPORT; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENTS; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; PATHWAY VARIABILITY; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY VARIABILITY; SALTY WATER; SUBPOLAR GYRES;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EDDY; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GYRE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LATITUDE; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT; ROCKALL TROUGH;

EID: 80053469494     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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