Detecting Labrador Sea Water formation from space

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2074-2086

  Gelderloos, R ^a,b   Katsman, C A ^a   Vage K ^c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

altimetry; deep convection; Labrador Sea Water

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; NATURAL CONVECTION; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SURFACE WATERS;

ALTIMETRY; DEEP CONVECTION; DEEP-WATER FORMATION; IN- SITU MONITORING; LABRADOR SEA WATERS; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY DATA; SEA-SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALIES;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

DEEP WATER; MAGNITUDE; MONITORING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 84878075199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20176     Document Type: Article

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