Rates and mechanisms of water mass transformation in the Labrador Sea as...

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......sup 3^He age of Labrador Sea Water increased...along-isopycnal stirring by eddies [with an exchange...budget for the Labrador Sea and quantitatively...salinity in the Labrador Sea, both on the...freshwater by eddies into the central Labrador Sea (-140 cm ...

Adventure in the Labrador Sea. (account of an oceanographic research in...

Oceanus;  March 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ......from our scheduled departure for the Labrador Sea. Almost immediately, I heard the captain...Observe wintertime convection in the Labrador Sea. This had been done only once before...affect Earth's climate system. In the Labrador Sea, bitter cold winds blowing off the Canadian...

Sources of eddy kinetic energy in the Labrador Sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......energy (EKE) in the Labrador Sea. A high-resolution...of the EKE in the Labrador Sea is its pronounced...source of EKE in the Labrador Sea is an energy transfer...barotropically unstable. The eddies spawned from the...EKE in the interior Labrador Sea, are ...

How Does Labrador Sea Water Enter the Deep Western Boundary Current?

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Labrador Sea Water (LSW), a dense...role in the entry of Labrador Sea Water in the DWBC...directly in the DWBC, 2) eddies flux LSW laterally from the interior Labrador Sea to the DWBC, and...as it transits the Labrador Sea. The formation of...directly in ...

Ventilation and Transformation of Labrador Sea Water and Its Rapid Export...

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......moderate convection intensity in the Labrador Sea. The model realistically describes the...compared. The transformation rate of Labrador Sea Water (LSW), defined in analogy to several...about one-half of the LSW leaving the Labrador Sea within the deep LC originates in the...

Labrador Sea

Canadian Encyclopedia;      256 words ......DRINKWATER Canadian Encyclopedia 01-01-2002 Labrador Sea Author: ALLYN CLARKE AND KEN DRINKWATER Labrador Sea is the body of water between Greenland...the seafloor, follows the axis of the Labrador Sea, some 3800 km from the mouth of HUDSON...

Coherent eddies in the Labrador Sea observed for a mooring

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......convection in the interior Labrador Sea. Compared with eddies in other regions...regions such as the Labrador Sea. Baroclinic, property-carrying eddies are expected to mediate...the effects of such eddies, in the Labrador Sea or elsewhere, remain...

The Labrador Sea deep convection experiment

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  October 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......Introduction a. Meteorology and oceanography of the Labrador Sea The northwest corner of the Atlantic Ocean (the Labrador Sea sketched in Fig. 1) is a region of powerful...extratropical cyclones. The response of the Labrador Sea involves a fundamental fluid dynamical process...over ...

Boundary Circulation at the Exit of the Labrador Sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......and related transports of the southern Labrador Sea are determined from direct current observations...sup 6^ m^sup 3^ s^sup -1^) comprising Labrador Sea Water (LSW), Gibbs Fracture Zone Water...the net deep-water outflow from the Labrador Sea was about 17 Sv. The baroclinic ...

Effects of wind on convection in strongly and weakly baroclinic flows with...

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Baroclinic Flows with Application to the Labrador Sea* ABSTRACT Large buoyancy loss driving...baroclinic front. For the case of the Labrador Sea, wintertime winds act to destabilize...forced with observed fields from the Labrador Sea, show how the combination of wind and...

Eddies in the Labrador Sea as observed by profiling RAFOS floats and...

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......shows numerous eddies, both cyclonic...water into the Labrador Sea interior. Data...as part of the Labrador Sea Deep Convection...Greenland Current eddies in detail. One...2002: Coherent eddies in the Labrador Sea observed from...

Boundary Current Eddies and Their Role in the Restratification of the...

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......restratification of the Labrador Sea after deep convection...boundary current eddies shed near the west...boundary current eddies carry warm, buoyant...Current water into the Labrador Sea interior. For a...interior of the Labrador Sea. In addition, it...Irminger Current ...

Impact of Labrador Sea Convection on the North Atlantic Meridional...

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......overturning and horizontal circulations of the Labrador Sea are deduced from a composite vertical...the transformation of light water to Labrador Sea Water). The mean overturning cell is...largely impacted by deep convection in the Labrador Sea. (ProQuest: ... denotes formulae ...

Hydrography of the Labrador Sea during active convestion

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......ABSTRACT The hydrographic structure of the Labrador Sea during wintertime convection is described...familiar cold/fresh/dense classical Labrador Sea Water (LSW). The boundary current water...layers are described. 1. Introduction The Labrador Sea has long been known as a site of ...

Eddy Formation near the West Coast of Greenland

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......in the eastern Labrador Sea, including the...formation, the eddies have a surface...boundary current. The eddies subsequently propagate...interior of the Labrador Sea (Prater 2002; Lilly...shown that those eddies represent an important...and evolution of Labrador ...