Attribution of Deep Western Boundary Current variability at 26.5°N

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-90

  Meinen, Christopher S ^a   Garzoli, Silvia L ^a,b  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep Western Boundary Current; MOC; North Atlantic Ocean; PIES; Variability; Volume transport

Indexed keywords

DEEP WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; MOC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; PIES; VARIABILITY; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ECHO SOUNDER; MAGNITUDE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERTURN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WAVE PROPAGATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84902003715     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2014.04.016     Document Type: Article

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