Impact of shelf-basin freshwater transport on deep convection in the western Labrador Sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2187-2210

  McGeehan, Timothy ^a   Maslowski, Wieslaw ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Deep convection; Eddies; Freshwater; North Atlantic Ocean; Ocean models

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; DEEP CONVECTION; EDDIES; FRESHWATER; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL CONVECTION; SEA ICE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EDDY; FRESHWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN; SEA ICE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 84856094294     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-01.1     Document Type: Article

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