Winter Water Mass Transformation in the Labrador Sea

Abstract

The long-term goal is to further our understanding of the dynamics of open ocean convection, including evolution and interaction on different scales ranging from the mesoscale to the gyre scale. The two main objectives are (1) To determine where convection occurs in the environs of the Labrador Sea and identify what factors dictate this location, and (2) To quantify the broad-scale circulation in which the convection is embedded and reveal how this circulation influences the subsequent re-stratification.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA628692

Entities

People

  • Robert Pickart

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Bodies Of Water
  • Boundaries
  • Convection
  • Data Sets
  • Information Operations
  • Labrador Sea
  • Landforms
  • Newfoundland (Province)
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Surface Waters
  • Three Dimensional
  • Water
  • Water Masses

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Systems Analysis and Design