Temporal and spatial scales of Labrador Sea water formation
Labrador Sea Water is an intermediate water found at the same density and depth range in the North Atlantic as the Mediterranean water. It is formed by convection from the sea surface to depths greather than 2 km in winter in the Western Labrador Sea. The processes leading to deep convection begin w...
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ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19850017720 2023-05-15T17:05:57+02:00 Temporal and spatial scales of Labrador Sea water formation Clarke, R. A. Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available Dec 1, 1984 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19850017720 unknown http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19850017720 Accession ID: 85N26031 No Copyright CASI 48 NASA. Goddard Inst. for Space Studies North Atlantic Deep Water Formation; p 7-11 1984 ftnasantrs 2012-02-15T16:07:17Z Labrador Sea Water is an intermediate water found at the same density and depth range in the North Atlantic as the Mediterranean water. It is formed by convection from the sea surface to depths greather than 2 km in winter in the Western Labrador Sea. The processes leading to deep convection begin with the formation of a 200 km scale cyclonic circulation about denser than average upper layer water in the Western Labrador Sea. This circulation pattern is hypothesized to be driven by an ocean/atmosphere heat exchange that has its maximum in this region. By early March, if deep convection is taking place, one sees that this body of denser upper waters penetrates to the top of the deep temperature/salinity maximum marking the core of the North Atlantic Deep Water. We note that the horizontal scale of this body is still 100-200 km normal to the coastline. Other/Unknown Material Labrador Sea North Atlantic Deep Water North Atlantic NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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Labrador Sea Water is an intermediate water found at the same density and depth range in the North Atlantic as the Mediterranean water. It is formed by convection from the sea surface to depths greather than 2 km in winter in the Western Labrador Sea. The processes leading to deep convection begin with the formation of a 200 km scale cyclonic circulation about denser than average upper layer water in the Western Labrador Sea. This circulation pattern is hypothesized to be driven by an ocean/atmosphere heat exchange that has its maximum in this region. By early March, if deep convection is taking place, one sees that this body of denser upper waters penetrates to the top of the deep temperature/salinity maximum marking the core of the North Atlantic Deep Water. We note that the horizontal scale of this body is still 100-200 km normal to the coastline. |
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