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

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......of Water Mass Transformation in the Labrador Sea as Inferred from Tracer Observations...3^He) observations from the central Labrador Sea collected between 1991 and 1996 are...temperature (theta)/salinity (S) properties of Labrador Sea Water stayed nearly constant as surface...

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 ......of eddy kinetic energy (EKE) in the Labrador Sea. A high-resolution model version (1...particular feature of the EKE in the Labrador Sea is its pronounced seasonal cycle, with...WGC). The main source of EKE in the Labrador Sea is an energy transfer due to Reynolds...

Rings around the Labrador Sea: WHOI physical oceanographer Amy...

Oceanus;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......install an experimental device in the Labrador Sea. It is designed to wait for certain...of the Year in Massachusetts. On her Labrador Sea cruise, she built in an innovative outreach...cruise aboard Knorr. We steamed to the Labrador Sea to deploy a mooring in a part of the...

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 water mass formed...evaluated for their role in the entry of Labrador Sea Water in the DWBC: 1) LSW is formed...flux LSW laterally from the interior Labrador Sea to the DWBC, and 3) a horizontally...

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

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......intensity in the Labrador Sea. The model realistically...transformation rate of Labrador Sea Water (LSW), defined...LSW leaving the Labrador Sea within the deep...of the central Labrador Sea continues for several...convection in the Labrador Sea ...

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 ......mooring in the central Labrador Sea near the former Ocean...convection in the interior Labrador Sea. Compared with eddies...column of water from the Irminger Current, which surrounds the Labrador Sea on three sides. 1...regions such as the Labrador Sea. ...

The Labrador Sea deep convection experiment

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  October 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......water mass transformation began in the Labrador Sea. Intense observations of ocean convection...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...

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...

Convection above the Labrador Continental Slope

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT The Labrador Sea is one of the few regions of the...formulae omitted.) 1. Introduction The Labrador Sea boundary circulation is made of three...Overflow Water (ISOW) above it. The Labrador Sea plays an essential role in the thermohaline...

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

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......patterns of eddy variability in the Labrador Sea. Peaks in sea surface height (SSH) variability...West Greenland Current water into the Labrador Sea interior. Data from profiling RAFOS floats launched in 1997 as part of the Labrador Sea Deep Convection Experiment are used...

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 ...