Mid-depth mixing linked to North Atlantic Current variability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 4869-4875

  Walter, Maren ^a   Mertens, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

fine structure; mixing; North Atlantic Current; variability

Indexed keywords

DIAPYCNAL DIFFUSIVITY; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; FINE STRUCTURES; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENTS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; SUBPOLAR FRONTS; VARIABILITY;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; KINETICS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

MIXING;

DIFFUSION; DISSIPATION; EDDY; KINETIC ENERGY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MIXING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84884178028     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50936     Document Type: Article

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