Reconciling tracer and float observations of the export pathways of Labrador Sea Water

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 24, 2012, Pages

  Gary, S F ^a   Lozier, M S ^a   Biastoch, A ^b   Bning, C W ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS;

DEEP WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; LABRADOR SEA; LABRADOR SEA WATERS; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODELING ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PASSIVE TRACERS; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; VORTICITY BALANCE; WATER PARCEL;

EARTH SCIENCES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GYRE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEAWATER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VELOCITY; VORTICITY; WATER POLLUTION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 84871583943     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053978     Document Type: Article

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