Propagation pathways of classical Labrador Sea water from its source region to 26°N

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Van Sebille, Erik ^a,b   Baringer, Molly O ^c   Johns, William E ^a   Meinen, Christopher S ^c   Beal, Lisa M ^a   De Jong, M Femke ^d   Van Aken, Hendrik M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES;

BAHAMAS; CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA; DECADAL VARIABILITY; DEEP WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LABRADOR SEA; LABRADOR SEA WATERS; LONG DISTANCES; MEDITERRANEAN OUTFLOW WATERS; MIXING RATIOS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOURCE REGION; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME LAG;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ADVECTION; DECADAL VARIATION; HYDROGRAPHY; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; MIXING RATIO; OUTFLOW; SALINITY; SEAWATER; TIME SERIES; WATER FLOW; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 84055217632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007171     Document Type: Article

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