The interannual variability of potential temperature in the central Labrador Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Luo, Hao ^a   Bracco, Annalisa ^a   Yashayaev, Igor ^b   Di Lorenzo, Emanuele ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; CONVECTIVE MIXING; DEEP-WATER FORMATION; EAST COAST; FORCINGS; GREENLAND; INTERANNUAL SIGNALS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LABRADOR SEA; LATERAL TRANSPORT; OCEAN MODEL; PASSIVE TRACERS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RESTRATIFICATION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER; STRATIFICATION; VERTICAL MIXING; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRMINGER CURRENT; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 84868036602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC007988     Document Type: Article

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