Greenland Sea convection in the winter of 1987–1988
- 15 March 1989
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
- Vol. 94 (C3) , 3223-3227
- https://doi.org/10.1029/jc094ic03p03223
Abstract
During February 1988 a layer of almost uniform temperature and salinity between 100 and 1250 m depth was observed in the central Greenland Sea. This feature, indicative of previous deep convection, is explained in terms of a conceptual penetrative convection model.Keywords
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