Interannual to decadal oxygen variability in the mid-depth water masses of the eastern North Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 95, Issue , 2015, Pages 85-98

  Stendardo, Ilaria ^a,b   Kieke, Dagmar ^a   Rhein, Monika ^a   Gruber, Nicolas ^b   Steinfeldt, Reiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Intermediate Water; Mediterranean Outflow Water; Mesoscale eddies; North Atlantic circulation; North Atlantic Oscillation; Oxygen variability; Subpolar Mode Water

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GLOBAL WARMING; OXYGEN;

INTERMEDIATE WATERS; MEDITERRANEAN OUTFLOW WATERS; MESOSCALE EDDY; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SUBPOLAR MODE WATERS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENSITY; GYRE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; MESOSCALE EDDY; OXYGEN; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84911868746     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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