Temporal changes in the water mass distribution and transports along the 20° W CAIBOX section (NE Atlantic);Cambios temporales en los transportes y la distribución de las masas de agua a lo largo de la sección 20° W de CAIBOX (Atlántico NE)

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 38, Issue 1 B, 2012, Pages 263-286

  Carracedo, L I ^a   Pardo, P C ^a   Villacieros Robineau, N ^a   de la Granda, F ^a   Gilcoto, M ^a   Perez F F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Azores current; Multiparametric mixing analysis; Northeast Atlantic; Water masses

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIXING; OCEANIC CURRENT; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); AZORES CURRENT; LABRADOR SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 84861978381     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v38i1B.1793     Document Type: Article

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