Circulation and transports in the Newfoundland Basin, western subpolar North Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 7772-7793

  Mertens, Christian ^a   Rhein, Monika ^a   Walter, Maren ^a   Böning, Claus W ^b   Behrens, Erik ^b   Kieke, Dagmar ^a   Steinfeldt, Reiner ^a   Stöber, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

deep western boundary current; Flemish Cap; Newfoundland Basin; North Atlantic current

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CURRENT VELOCITY; FLOW FIELD; GYRE; OVERTURN; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); FLEMISH CAP; GRAND BANKS; NEWFOUNDLAND BASIN;

EID: 84915746102     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010019     Document Type: Article

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