Fates and travel times of denmark strait overflow water in the irminger basin

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2611-2628

  Koszalka, Inga M ^a   Haine, Thomas W N ^a   Magaldi, Marcello G ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENMARK STRAIT OVERFLOW WATERS; DENMARK STRAIT OVERFLOWS; GLOBAL THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; HIGH-RESOLUTION OCEAN MODEL; HYDROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLES; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

STREAM FLOW;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HYDROGRAPHY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MIXING; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TRAVEL TIME; WATER FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK; IRMINGER SEA;

EID: 84891589649     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-023.1     Document Type: Article

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