Studies of Labrador Sea Water formation and variability in the subpolar North Atlantic in the light of international partnership and collaboration

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 220-232

  Kieke, Dagmar ^a   Yashayaev, Igor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEAWATER;

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS; LABRADOR SEA WATERS; MID-DEPTH CIRCULATION; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; NATIONAL SURVEYS; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OCEAN CONVECTION; SUBPOLAR NORTH ATLANTIC;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ARGO; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; MIXED LAYER; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OCEANIC CONVECTION; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 84925297980     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2014.12.010     Document Type: Article

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