'Boundary current' presentation slideshows

Abyssal Circulation

Abyssal Circulation. Deep ocean is below the permanent thermocline (at 1~km) with ? ~2 o - 4 o C below 2 km (0 o -2 o C at 4 km typically). Waters of such low temperatures can only be formed by cooling in Polar Regions.

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Transit Times in the North Atlantic DWBC Measured Using the Tracer Pair 129 I/ CFC-11

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Introduction to Observational Physical Oceanography 12.808 Class 22, 3rd December, 2009

Introduction to Observational Physical Oceanography 12.808 Class 22, 3rd December, 2009 1:05 to 2:25 these slides are online at www.whoi.edu/class/12808. Where are we?. Ekman Layer (review) Vorticity and Potential Vorticity Sverdrup balance. Last class. Review Sverdrup Balance

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Leeuwin Current Eddies

Leeuwin Current Eddies. Altimetry, HF radar and SST imagery. David Griffin & Madeleine Cahill. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research . The Leeuwin Current has the coast on the wrong side.

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Sea Level Anomalies in the Labrador Sea

SFB 460. Sea Level Anomalies in the Labrador Sea. Andreas Funk (1) , Peter Brandt (1) , Friedrich Schott (1) , and William J. Emery (2) (1) Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany (2) University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. afunk@ifm-geomar.de. Overview.

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On the effect of the Greenland Scotland Ridge on the dense water formation in the Nordic Seas

On the effect of the Greenland Scotland Ridge on the dense water formation in the Nordic Seas Dorotea Iovino NoClim/ProClim meeting 4-6 September 2006. Fundamental aspect of the circulation in an idealized North Atlantic-Nordic Seas system Dorotea Iovino and Tor Eldevik.

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On the effect of the Greenland Scotland Ridge on the dense water formation in the Nordic Seas

On the effect of the Greenland Scotland Ridge on the dense water formation in the Nordic Seas Dorotea Iovino NoClim/ProClim meeting 4-6 September 2006. Fundamental aspect of the circulation in an idealized North Atlantic-Nordic Seas system Dorotea Iovino and Tor Eldevik.

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Task 3.1.3 Monitoring the export of deep waters at the exit of the Labrador Sea.

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