From interannual to decadal: 17 years of boundary current transports at the exit of the Labrador Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1724-1748

  Zantopp, R ^a   Fischer, J ^a   Visbeck, M ^a,b   Karstensen, J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

decadal variations; deep western boundary current; NAO forcing; subpolar North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE FORCING; DECADAL VARIATION; FLOW FIELD; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SHELF BREAK; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR CURRENT; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 85014518064     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016JC012271     Document Type: Article

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