The fate of North Atlantic subtropical mode water in the FLAME model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1354-1371

  Gary, S F ^a   Lozier, M S ^a   Kwon, Y O ^b   Park, J J ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AVERAGE RESIDENCE TIME; EIGHTEEN DEGREE WATER; INTEGRAL TIME SCALE; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLES; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SUBTROPICAL MODE WATERS;

TROPICS;

EDDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HEAT FLOW; MODELING; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84899809349     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0202.1     Document Type: Article

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