Model simulations of mesoscale eddies and deep convection in the Labrador Sea

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 743-754

  Zhu, Jieshun ^a   Demirov, Entcho ^b   Zhang, Ying ^c   Polomska Harlick, Ania ^b  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

deep convection; labrador Sea; mesoscale eddies; model simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901379243     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-013-3107-y     Document Type: Article

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