Assessing the roles of three eddy types in restratifying the Labrador Sea after deep convection

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2102-2119

  Gelderloos, Renske ^a   Katsman, Caroline A ^a   Drijfhout, And Sybren S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boundary currents; Deep convection; Eddies

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENTS; DEEP CONVECTION; DENSE WATERS; EDDIES; KEY FACTORS; LABRADOR SEA; MODEL RESULTS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TIME-SCALES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; BUOYANCY; EDDY; OCEANIC CONVECTION; STRATIFICATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 84856113711     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-054.1     Document Type: Article

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