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ARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Oceanography
DEF

A water mass identified by a salinity minimum found at a depth of about 800 m in the North Atlantic Ocean.

OBS

It is formed in two varieties in the Labrador Sea and in the Iceland Sea, from where it spreads southward but is quickly absorbed by North Atlantic deep water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Océanographie
OBS

eau intermédiaire arctique : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • eaux arctiques intermédiaires
  • eaux intermédiaires arctiques

Spanish

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