Summertime modification of surface fronts in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Desprès, Agnès ^a   Reverdin, Gilles ^a   D'Ovidio, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT FLUX; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

AIR SEA FLUX; DATA SETS; DENSITY JUMPS; HORIZONTAL SURFACES; HYDROGRAPHIC PROFILES; HYDROGRAPHIC PROPERTIES; IN-SITU; LAGRANGIAN MODELS; MESOSCALE; NORTH ATLANTIC; RELATIVE WEIGHTS; SALINITY GRADIENTS; SUBPOLAR GYRES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE JUMP; THERMOSALINOGRAPH; VERTICAL PROFILE;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALTIMETRY; DATA SET; GYRE; HEAT FLUX; HYDROGRAPHY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC FRONT; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 80053591301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC006950     Document Type: Article

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