Transformation of the Labrador Sea water in the subpolar North Atlantic

Development, spreading and decay of the thermohaline properties of two Labrador Sea Water (LSW) classes are described. During the development phase, a specific LSW class repeatedly mixed by winter convection in the Labrador Sea becomes colder, denser, thicker and deeper. Once convection weakens, the...

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Published in:Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors: Yashayaev, Igor, van Aken, Hendrik M., Holliday, N. Penny, Bersch, Manfred
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2007
Subjects:
Irminger Sea
Rockall Trough
Iceland
Labrador Sea
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/149838/
https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL031812

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