Subpolar mode water in the northeastern Atlantic: 1. Averaged properties and mean circulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Brambilla, Elena ^a   Talley, Lynne D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CALCULATIONS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; TOPOGRAPHY;

GYRE; HYDROGRAPHY; MODE WATER; PYCNOCLINE; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ICELAND BASIN; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT; REYKJANES RIDGE;

EID: 84868622062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC004062     Document Type: Article

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