Long-term observations of North Atlantic Current transport at the gateway between western and eastern Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 4003-4027

  Roessler, Achim ^a,b   Rhein, Monika ^a,b   Kieke, Dagmar ^a,b   Mertens, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gravest Empirical Mode; inverted echo sounder; North Atlantic Current; North Atlantic Oscillation; satellite altimetry; subpolar gyre

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE ZONE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GYRE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SENSOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT;

EID: 84937124929     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010662     Document Type: Article

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