Deep ocean exchange with west-European shelf seas
We review mechanisms and studies of exchange between the north-east Atlantic and the adjacent shelf seas. Well-developed summer upwelling and associated filaments off Portugal and north-west Spain give exchange O(3 m<sup>2</sup>/s per unit length of shelf). Prevailing wes...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2009-12-01
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| Series: | Ocean Science |
| Online Access: | http://www.ocean-sci.net/5/621/2009/os-5-621-2009.pdf |