Winter Water Mass Transformation in the Labrador Sea

The long-term goal is to further our understanding of the dynamics of open ocean convection, including evolution and interaction on different scales ranging from the mesoscale to the gyre scale. The two main objectives are (1) To determine where convection occurs in the environs of the Labrador Sea...

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Main Author: Pickart, Robert S
Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA DEPT OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1997
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Fluid Mechanics
*CONVECTION
*LABRADOR SEA
*WATER MASSES
CIRCULATION
POSITION(LOCATION)
STRATIFICATION
TRANSFORMATIONS
WINTER
WINTER WATER MASS TRANSFORMATION
Labrador Sea
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA628692
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA628692
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Summary:The long-term goal is to further our understanding of the dynamics of open ocean convection, including evolution and interaction on different scales ranging from the mesoscale to the gyre scale. The two main objectives are (1) To determine where convection occurs in the environs of the Labrador Sea and identify what factors dictate this location, and (2) To quantify the broad-scale circulation in which the convection is embedded and reveal how this circulation influences the subsequent re-stratification.

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